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Viral myocarditis
See: Myocarditis, viral
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- Extracolonic Outside the colon. An hereditary colon cancer syndrome may also predispose to extracolonic malignancies
- Stenosis, subaortic Narrowing of the left ventricle of the heart just below the aortic valve through which blood must pass on its…
- Surgery, reflux (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Chronic tamponade A situation in which a chronic excess of fluid inside the pericardial sac and thickening of the pericardial…
- Uniparous 1) Having produced only one offspring. Also called primiparous. 2) Producing only one offspring at a time…
- Specificity, analytic See: Analytic specificity
- Elbow dislocation See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Sleep-disordered breathing A condition characterized by repeated episodes of hypopnea (underbreathing) and apnea (not breathing) during…
- Mutism The inability or unwillingness to speak. A person who is mute cannot or does not care to talk. Someone who…
- Thyroid storm Thyroid storm is a severe, life-threatening condition caused by an excess of thyroid hormone. A number of…