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Paget disease of the breast
The combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast. The nipple is inflamed because of the presence of Paget's cells. These large irregular cells are themselves not cancerous, but…
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- Rett syndrome An X-linked dominant neurological disorder that affects girls only and is one of the most common causes of…
- Therapy, cell Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Engagement This term in obstetrics refers to the sensation that a pregnant woman feels when the baby drops. This is the…
- Dip, paraffin A treatment for the symptoms of joint and muscle conditions, such as arthritis, that consists of melted…
- Trigeminal nerve The trigeminal nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and the motor nerve…
- Vertigo, recurrent aural A condition, also known as Meniere's disease, with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears…
- Xuezhikang One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Taenia asiatica Taenia solium.