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Pulmonary medicine
The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions, including: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)…
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- Onycholysis Loosening of the nail from the nail bed, usually starting at the border of the nail. The nail tends to turn…
- Acral-lentiginous melanoma See: Melanoma, acral-lentiginous
- RNA inactivation A technique for inactivating genes in a cell through the introduction of double-stranded RNA into the cell…
- Langerhans, islets of Best known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of…
- Genomic segment A region of the genome; it encompasses objects described as loci or probes. Genomic segments can range in…
- Autoimmune hepatitis A disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation of the liver…
- Pestilence The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly…
- Syndrome, Gustavson A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- Vulva The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called…
- MS 1. Multiple sclerosis. See also entry to: Multiple sclerosis.2. Mass spectrometry
- Ankle sprain A common musculoskeletal injury in which the ligaments of the ankle partially or completely tear due to…