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Radiologic
Having to do with radiology.
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- Fever, chikungunya See: Chikungunya
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- Prophylactic cranial irradiation Radiation therapy to the head intended to prevent cancer from spreading (metastasizing) to the brain.
- Syndrome, joint hypermobility See Syndrome, hypermobility
- Avulsion Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone.
- Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Nat'l Institute F Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name…
- Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis: A relatively common disease that causes inflammation of the large intestine (the colon)…
- FAS gene A gene that encodes one of several proteins important to apoptosis, the normal process through which cells…
- Zoophilia A sexual disorder involving an erotic attraction to animals or an abnormal desire to have sexual contact with…
- Sea poisoning An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- M. leprae Mycobacterium leprae