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Viral myocarditis
See: Myocarditis, viral
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- Nervous colon syndrome A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Fraternal twin Twin: A twin who have shared a common uterine environment with its sibling. Fraternal twins are due to the…
- Fetal infant An extremely low birth weight infant. A very, small infant. One, for example, with a birth weight of 400 to…
- Donor, universal A person who is type O in the ABO blood group system and can donate blood to all recipients
- Barium enema x-ray See: Lower GI series
- Fibrous dysplasia, monostotic Excessive growth of hard fibrous tissue that replaces normal bone tissue in a single bone. Symptoms may…
- Infection, Leishmania See: Leishmania infection
- Lysis Destruction. Hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells with the release of hemoglobin; bacteriolysis is…
- Disease, Bowen's N early stage of skin cancer. Bowen disease is medically the same as 'squamous cell carcinoma in situ.'…
- Appendix perforation Rupture of appendix
- CD10 A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity. CD10 is also known as CALLA (common acute…