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Roseola infantilis
Roseola infantilis: Roseola infantilis is another name for roseola, also formally called roseola infantum. The following is a brief rundown on roseola: Cause: Roseola is caused by a virus called human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and, possibly…
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Show more- Crocodile tears syndrome Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Biliousness A term used in the 18th and 19th centuries pertaining to bad digestion, stomach pains, constipation, and…
- Pimples Small papules or pustules. See: Pimple
- Womb The womb (uterus) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- Field, visual The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward, including that which is seen with…
- Hiatal hernia Hiatal hernia: An anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into…
- Malleability, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Perinatology A subspecialty of obstetrics concerned with the care of the mother and fetus at higher-than-normal risk for…
- Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune…
- Reflex, pressor A pressor reflex is a neurological (nerve) reflex that constricts arterioles (small blood vessels) and…
- Error, type I : Error, alpha
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…