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Silver poisoning
Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of the body). Due to chronic use of silver salts. For example, a medical report related the case of a woman, now in her 50s, with…
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- Disease, cat scratch A bacterial infection due to a cat scratch seen most often today in people with HIV. The disease…
- Nail-patella syndrome An hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed or absent nails and underdeveloped or absent…
- Elizabeth Blackwell See: Blackwell, Elizabeth
- Aromasin Brand name of exemestane, an oral antiestrogen. Aromasin inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands…
- Eastern equine encephalitis Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and…
- Antigenic shift A sudden shift in the antigenicity of a virus resulting from the recombination of the genomes of two viral…
- Prokaryotic Pertaining to prokaryotes
- Dystrophy, muscular One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or…
- Syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber (KTW) A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by the triad of asymmetric limb hypertrophy, hemangiomata…
- Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of One cause of dizziness is overbreathing (hyperventilation) due to anxiety. The overbreathing also causes…