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Stargardt disease
An hereditary eye disease that is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. (The macula is the part of the retina that is responsible for central vision.) The disease has its onset between the ages of 7 and 12…
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Show more- Resorb Literally, to absorb again. To lose substance. Some of a tooth may be resorbed
- Sulphonylurea A triptan drug for the treatment of migraine. Marketed under the brand name Imitrex.
- SEMG Surface EMG
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Bursitis, calcific A bursa is a thin fluid-filled sac that reduces friction forces between tissues of the body. Chronic…
- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…
- Pyrophosphate arthropathy Joint damage due to deposition of calcium pyrophosphate. Pyrophosphate arthropathy most commonly affects the…
- Pyelo Short for pyelonephritis, which is bacterial infection of the kidney. Pyelonephritis can be acute (sudden) or…
- Chronic bronchitis Defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row. In chronic…
- Thymoglobulin A brand name for antithymocyte globulin
- SEER The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Ends Results (SEER) program that maintains statistics on cancer in the…
- Occlusion The act of occluding. See: Occlude