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Disease, Kawasaki
A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes (conjunctivitis), lips and mucous membranes of the mouth, ulcerative gum disease (gingivitis), swollen glands in the neck (cervical…
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- Pharmacologic stress test Stress test: There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a…
- Poisoning, carbon monoxide See: Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Aspartame A man-made sweetener with almost no calories used in place of sugar. A diet program with aspartame and…
- Sigmoidoscopy, flexible Inspection of the inside of the rectum and lower part of the colon using a thin flexible lighted tube (a…
- Barrett's esophagus Ng=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Osteotomy, displacement Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones
- Abstinence The voluntary self-denial of food, drink, or sex. Today, abstinence most commonly refers to denial of one's…
- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- BF Abbreviation for 'black female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Informed consent A process in which a person learns key facts about a clinical trial, including potential risks and benefits…