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Ascariasis
Infection with Ascaris lubricoides, the intestinal roundworm, the most common worm infection in humans. Ascaris eggs are found in the soil. Infection occurs when a person accidently ingests (swallows) infective ascaris eggs. Once in the…
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Show more- Hematuria Blood in the urine. Hematuria may or may not be accompanied by pain, but it is always abnormal and should be…
- Acute epiglottitis A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- Cerebrovascular ferrocalcinosis A condition, first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and therefore called Fahr syndrome, that is a genetic…
- TCM Traditional Chinese medicine
- Immunization, DT DT (diphtheria and tetanus) vaccine does not protect from pertussis and is usually reserved for individuals…
- Broken hip Fractured bone in the hip, a key health problem among the elderly, usually due to a fall or other kind of…
- Fart This is not an accepted medical word for passing gas. Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed…
- Chromosome, Y See: Y chromosome
- Lithotomy Surgical removal of a stone, especially a kidney or bladder stone. From the Greek roots litho-, stone + tome…
- Abdominal hysterectomy Surgical removal of the uterus (a hysterectomy) done through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As…
- Skull, hair-on-end Thin fine linear extensions radiating out from the skull that look on an X-ray like hair standing 'on-end'…
- Heart-hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome