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Tennis elbow
A painful injury to the tendon that is attached to the outer part of the elbow due to repetitive twisting of the wrist or forearm which causes irritation and inflammation of the extensor tendon. This tendon attaches to the lateral…
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- Tick-borne rickettsiosis, north Asian One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Soft sore See: Chancroid
- Private mutation A rare mutation found usually only in a single family or a small population. It is like a privately printed…
- MRNA Messenger RNA, the key intermediary in gene expression, translating the DNA's genetic code into the amino…
- Vitamin B -- pantothenic acid This is one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely distributed in nature…
- Lymphogranuloma venereum Abbreviated LGV. An uncommon genital or anorectal (affecting the anus and/or rectum) infection that is caused…
- Somatic 1. Relating to the body. a. As distinguished from the mind (the psyche). b. As distinguished from the gonads…
- Tooth, wisdom One of the large molars in the very back of the jaw. The human jaw has changed in size over the course of…
- Atherosclerotic Pertaining to atherosclerosis, the process of progressive thickening and hardening of the walls of arteries…
- Shock, septic Shock caused by infection. See also septicemia.
- Migraine, menstrually associated See: Menstrual migraine