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Allergic rhinitis, perennial
Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) that occurs throughout the year
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Show more- Gene The basic biological unit of heredity. A segment of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) needed to contribute to a…
- Fever, Lassa See: Lassa fever
- Peak-flow meter This hand-held device measures air flow (how fast air is blown out of the lungs). Patients can use peak-flow…
- Grapefruit diet The Grapefruit diet is a weight loss plan that incorporates eating half a grapefruit with each meal and…
- TXA2 Thromboxane A2, the active form of thromboxane
- Dermicidin A potent anti-infective agent that is a natural component of sweat. The first antimicrobial agent found that…
- EBM Evidence-based medicine
- Recalls, FDA Recalls: The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product by the US Food & Drug Administration (the…
- Dysphonia, spasmodic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Stereotactic radiotherapy Radiation therapy in which a number of precisely aimed beams of ionizing radiation coming from different…
- Migraine, common See: Common migraine
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…