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Wasp sting
A sting from a wasp, like that of other large stinging insects such as bees, hornets and yellow jackets, capable of triggering allergic reactions varying greatly in severity and scope from a localized reaction limited to swelling of the…
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Show more- Rate, death The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is…
- Osteogenesis The production of bone
- Syndrome, thoracic outlet A condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibers between the armpit (axilla) and base of the…
- St. Anthony's fire The intensely painful burning sensation in the limbs and extremities caused by ergot, the consequence of a…
- Smell See Olfaction
- Retroposition 1. Simple backward displacement of a structure or organ such as the uterus.2. In genetics, the integration of…
- Race An ethnic stock or division of humans. Naturalists and ethnographers have long divided humans into a variable…
- Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy. (From the New Latin, philosophiae doctor). Ph.D.'s are involved in clinical care (as in…
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Post-traumatic stress Stress: An anxiety disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences. The…
- Polio, abortive A minor form of infection with the polio virus, abortive polio accounts for 80 to 90 percent of clinically…
- Spondylolisthesis Forward movement of one of the building blocks (vertebrae) of the spine in relation to an adjacent vertebra…