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Dengue
Also known as Dengue fever, an acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence…
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- Shinbone The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically…
- Alien hand syndrome Syndrome: The feeling that one's hand is possessed by a force outside of ones control. The syndrome typically…
- Erythroplakia A reddened patch with a velvety surface found in the mouth
- Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Muscle, piriformis A muscle that begins at the front surface of the sacrum (the V-shaped bone between the buttocks at the base…
- Toes, six The presence of an extra sixth toe, a very common congenital malformation (birth defect This is called…
- Multipara, grand The term 'multipara' applies to any woman who has given birth 2 or more times. A woman who has given birth 5…
- Hallux What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the…
- CPM machine A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) 'Russia's most famous physician' and greatest dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov graduated from…
- Cranial nerve IX The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…