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Spanish flu
A pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) in 1918-19 that caused the highest number of known flu deaths. More than 500,000 people died in the United States, and 20 million to 50 million people may have died worldwide. Many people died within the…
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- Adenosine A nucleoside containing adenine as its base. Adenosine acts to dilate the coronary arteries and is employed…
- Fractured hip Broken bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of trauma…
- Ankylose To undergo ankylosis (stiffening or fusion of a joint)
- Syndrome, Witkop A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…
- Autophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of loneliness, of being alone. A fear of solitude. Sufferers from autophobia…
- Immunosuppressant An agent that can suppress or prevent the immune response. Immunosuppressants are used to prevent rejection…
- Ecstatic Pertaining to ecstasy, a state of rapture and trancelike elation
- Niemann-Pick disease type C Abbreviated NPC. A type of Niemann-Pick disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, resulting in…
- Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans See: Vohwinkel syndrome
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