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Intermittent claudication
An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs. In very severe claudication…
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Show more- Lateral 1. In anatomy, the side of the body or a body part that is farther from the middle or center of the body…
- Gargoylism From the French gargouille (waterspout), the word conveys the often-grotesque image of the medieval cathedral…
- MSUD Abbreviation for maple syrup urine disease
- Sesamoid bone A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone
- Syndrome, ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Head and neck cancer Head and neck cancer: The common carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx as well as other tumors…
- De Lange syndrome A relatively common birth defect syndrome with multiple malformations and mental retardation of unknown…
- Minor A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than…
- DTaP immunization Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- Pacemaker, natural Pacemaker, natural: The natural pacemaker of the heart is the sinus node, one of the major elements in the…
- Heteroploid A different chromosome number than the normal number of chromosomes
- PANDAS An acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Disorders Associated with Strep. PANDAS is the sudden onset of symptoms…