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Polycystic kidney disease, infantile
See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive
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- Encephalitis, Nipah virus Brain inflammation (encephalitis) due to the Nipah virus that infects pigs and people. Nipah is the name of…
- Reduction mammaplasty See: Breast reduction
- Emetic Something that causes emesis, that makes you want to vomit. For example, ipecac is an emetic. From the Greek…
- Orthopnea The inability to breathe easily unless one is sitting up straight or standing erect
- Toddler's fracture A torsion fracture of the tibia, without bone displacement
- Polio vaccine, Salk See polio vaccine, inactivated
- Axillary hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating from the armpits. Excessive underarm perspiration tends to start in late…
- Neoplasm A tumor. An abnormal growth of tissue. The word neoplasm is not synonymous with cancer. A neoplasm may be…
- Telangiectasia, hereditary hemorrhagic See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Therapy, cell Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Rhogam Rh0 immunoglobulin, also called anti-Rh or anti-D immunoglobulin. An injectable blood product used to protect…