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Streptococcus
A group of bacteria, familiarly known as strep, that cause a multitude of diseases. The name comes from the Greek strepto- meaning twisted + kokkos meaning berry, and that is exactly what strep look like under the microscope, like a…
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Show more- Achillobursitis Pain due to inflammation of the bursa associated with the Achilles tendon. . The Achilles tendon is one of…
- Recipient In medicine, a recipient is someone who receives something like a blood transfusion or an organ transplant…
- Epicondylitis Epicondylitis is an inflammation or damage to the area of an epicondyle of bone. An epicondyle is a…
- Study, Framingham See: Framingham Study
- Minimal residual disease Evidence for the presence of residual malignant cells, even when so few cancer cells are present that they…
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy A form of muscular dystrophy that typically begins before age 20 with slowly progressive weakness of the…
- Pericardium, parietal The outer layer of the pericardium which is a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the…
- Fainting (syncope) Fainting (syncope): Partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and…
- Rape, date Rape of a woman by a man with whom she is acquainted. The rapist is usually the woman's 'date' (escort)…
- Reflux laryngitis Reflux laryngitis: Inflammation of the voice box (the larynx) caused by stomach acid backing up into the…
- Myxomata The plural (along with myxomas) of myxoma
- Rheumatic fever An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a 'strep throat') or scarlet fever and…