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Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome
Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome: A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The internal rash (the enanthem) consists of blisters and little ulcers that may involve not only the…
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Show more- Xeroradiography The process of making a type of dry x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on…
- Boerhaave's syndrome Spontaneous tearing and rupture of the esophagus. Typically, Boerhaave's syndrome requires an operation for…
- Morton syndrome See: Morton's syndrome
- Tonotopic Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is…
- Upper respiratory infection An infection of the upper part of the respiratory system which is above the lungs. An upper respiratory…
- Fenestration Literally, the making of a window -- fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window -- fenestration…
- Pregnancy, acute fatty liver The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Syndrome, irritable bowel (IBS) A common gastrointestinal disorder (also called spastic colitis, mucus colitis or nervous colon syndrome)…
- Flat affect A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness. People with depression and schizophrenia often show flat…
- Melancholia Old term for depression.
- Thiamine deficiency, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Mortality rate, infant The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant…