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Pain, shingles
Shingles: Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles. When such pain persists beyond one month it is referred to as postherpetic neuralgia. The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia. This occurs when the…
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Show more- Bone, wing Familiar term for the scapula, also called the shoulder blade or blade bone, the flat triangular bone at the…
- Lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Disease, Gilbert See Gilbert syndrome
- Pupil The opening of the iris. The pupil may appear to open (dilate) and close (constrict) but it is really the…
- TTR The gene that encodes transthyretin, a plasma protein consisting of 127 amino acids that binds retinol and…
- Holter monitor A type of portable heart monitor. The Holter monitor is a small portable electrocardiogram (ECG). The device…
- Antielastase An inhibitor of the action of the enzyme elastase. Alpha-1 antitrypsin is an antielastase. Also called an…
- Gilbert syndrome Gilbert syndrome: A common but harmless genetic condition in which a liver enzyme essential to the disposal…
- Depression, bipolar See: Bipolar disorder
- Chancroid A sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi. Periodic outbreaks of…
- Modelling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Cranial nerve, ninth The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…