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Gingivitis, phagedenic
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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Show more- Congenital lymphedema A condition present at birth in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes swelling…
- Blasts Immature blood cells. Leukemic blasts do not grow and age normally; they proliferate wildly and fail to mature
- Kanner syndrome (Also called autism). A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social…
- Hypocarbia Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. The opposite of hypercarbia
- Fenestration Literally, the making of a window -- fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window -- fenestration…
- Mediastinoscopy A procedure in which the doctor inserts a tube into the chest to view the organs in the mediastinum. The tube…
- DISH Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Growth and differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Tomography, computerized See: Computerized tomography
- Premature menopause Premature menopause: Menopause (permanent cessation of menses) occurring before age 40 due to ovarian…
- Glycobiology The study of molecules that contain carbohydrates, their structure and function, and the roles they play in…
- Medication, beta-blocker Drugs that antagonize the action of adrenaline (a beta adrenergic substance) and relieve stress to the heart…