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Rickets
A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to mineralize bone. This softens bone (producing osteomalacia) and permits marked bending and distortion of bones. Up through the…
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Show more- Carcinoma in situ, squamous cell An early stage of skin cancer. Also known as Bowen's disease. This is a tumor that develops from the squamous…
- Fornices Plural form of fornix
- Munchhausen syndrome by proxy A parenting disorder in which the parent either fabricates an illness or induces an illness in their child…
- Burn, third degree A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation
- Infection, adenovirus Infection with one of a group of viruses responsible for a spectrum of respiratory disease as well as…
- Oculoplastics Eye plastic and reconstructive surgery., a specialized area of ophthalmology that focuses on the eyelids and…
- Dyscrasia Any disease condition, especially in hematology, as in 'blood dyscrasias.' The term 'dyscrasia' was borrowed…
- Entomophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of insects. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that most…
- Foramen, intervertebral See: Intervertebral foramen
- Endoscopy, upper A common type of endoscopy is upper endoscopy, also called esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). In this…
- PROC Protein C
- Quater in die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qid (or q.i.d.) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation…