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Norovirus
A group of viruses that are a common cause of food poisoning and acute gastroenteritis ('stomach flu') that can strike quickly with force and make a person feel very sick but which typically resolves within 2-3 days. The characteristic…
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Show more- KHM Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans. See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Allergic reaction The hypersensitive response of the immune system of an allergic individual to a substance. When an allergen…
- Aberration (1) A deviation or irregularity. For example, a chromosome aberration is a deviation from the normal…
- Obstetrics The art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the puerperium (the time after delivery)
- Penis, cancer of the Cancer of the penis is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells originate in the tissues of the penis…
- Fear of public places This irrational fear is called agoraphobia. It applies to open areas, especially those from which escape…
- Desmoplastic This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- Cerclage Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together…
- Headache, cluster A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. There are two main clinical patterns…
- Lipoid nephrosis The earliest stage of nephrosis (the nephrotic syndrome of childhood). See: Minimal change disease. See also…
- Allogeneic Taken from different individuals of the same species. Two or more individuals are said to be allogeneic to…
- Tooth, wisdom One of the large molars in the very back of the jaw. The human jaw has changed in size over the course of…