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Adenoma
A benign tumor that arises in or resembles glandular tissue. If it becomes cancerous, it is called an adenocarcinoma
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- Fever, yellow See: Yellow fever
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- Ophthalmopathy Any eye disease. External ophthalmopathy may refer to any disease of the eyelid, cornea, conjunctiva, or eye…
- Myotonic dystrophy 2 See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Red jungle fowl Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Fornix cerebri An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…
- Needlestick injury A penetrating stab wound from a needle (or other sharp object) that may result in exposure to blood or other…
- Septicemia Systemic (bodywide) illness with toxicity due to invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria coming from…
- Opisthotonos A great rigid spasm of the body with the back fully arched and the heels and head bent back. Opisthotonos…