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Infection, yeast
Infection due to fungal organisms which have the characteristic of being single-celled, usually rounded and reproduce by budding. Most yeast are harmless (some are used in baking and brewing). Yeast is commonly present on normal human skin…
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Show more- Iridology The practice of diagnosing disease by examining the iris of the eye. Although some diseases do affect the…
- Disease, rotavirus Rotavirus:A leading cause of severe winter diarrhea in young children. Each year, rotavirus (RV) causes an…
- Radical prostatectomy A surgery procedure that removes the entire prostate gland plus some surrounding tissue. During the procedure…
- Angina, variant Angina, variant: Chest pain due to coronary artery spasm, a sudden constriction of a coronary artery (one of…
- Fracture, Salter-Harris A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child
- PLGF Placental growth factor
- Color, eye See: Eye color. See also: EYCL1; EYCL2; EYCL3
- Model end stage liver disease See: MELD
- Gay A person who is homosexual, especially a male homosexual. The word 'gay' in this regard may denote the…
- Muscle, papillary Small muscles within the heart that anchor the heart valves. The anchor ropes are the chordae tendineae…
- Joint, knee The knee joint has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the…
- Joint, temporomandibular Joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull. Abbreviated TMJ or TM joint.