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Meningitis, infectious
Meningitis caused by bacterial, viral, or protozoan infection. Most of the agents known to cause meningitis are infectious, but very few people exposed to them will get meningitis. Those at greatest danger include people with AIDS…
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- Retina, detached A retina that separates from its connection at the back of the eye. The process of retinal detachment is…
- Asymptomatic Without symptoms. For example, an asymptomatic infection is an infection with no symptoms
- Hypocalcemia Lower-than-normal blood calcium. Low blood calcium makes the nervous system highly irritable with tetany…
- Kok disease A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Kinsey Report A report entitled 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Male' published by Alfred Charles Kinsey's in 1948 that…
- Vision, peripheral See: Peripheral vision
- Piles 1. A term in use since the 15th century for hemorrhoids. 2. A street name for crack cocaine
- Institute, National Eye (NEI) One of the US National Institutes of Health, NEI's mission is to 'conduct and support research, training…
- Lesbianism Female homosexuality. Also called sapphism (after the lesbian poet Sappho)
- Medical school A school with a curriculum leading to a medical degree. The mission of every medical school includes medical…
- Hereditary amyloidosis Amyloidosis: A familial (inherited) disorder in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate in one or more…