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Intensive Care Unit.
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Show more- Jerk, hypnic See: Hypnic jerk
- Cholangitis, primary sclerosing See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Hemihypertrophy Asymmetric overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the skull, face, trunk, limbs, and/or digits, with or without visceral…
- VATER association A nonrandom association of birth defects. VATER is an mnemonic in which the letters V, A, T, E, and R each…
- Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) A gene that plays a role in preventing the metastasis (spread) of breast cancer to other parts of the body…
- Pruritus Itching. Pruritus can result from drug reaction, food allergy, kidney or liver disease, cancers, parasites…
- Morton's disease See: Morton's neuroma
- Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow'…
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Abbreviated as DISH. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a…
- Eosinophilic leukocyte See: Eosinophil
- Ophthalmic veins The orbital cavity is drained by paired veins called the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins. The superior…
- CVS 1. Chorionic villus sampling, a procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. 2. Cyclic vomiting…