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His-Werner disease
This is a parasite (louse-borne) disease that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I and so was called trench fever. It is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the war fronts in Europe. Trench…
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Show more- Chemokine One of a large group of proteins that act as lures and were first found attracting white blood cells. The…
- Vestibule of the ear A cavity in the middle of the bony labyrinth in the inner ear
- Good Samaritan Someone who voluntarily helps someone else who is in distress. The term 'Good Samaritan' comes from the…
- Contractions, Braxton Hicks Irregular contractions of the womb (the uterus) occurring towards the middle of pregnancy in the first…
- Blood sugar Blood glucose. See also: High blood sugar; Low blood sugar
- Syncephaly Conjoined twins whose heads are joined together. From syn-, together + -cephaly, head = heads together. Also…
- Defibrillation The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the…
- JCI The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a highly regarded biomedical journal
- Atresia, anal Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Vessel, afferent A vessel that carries blood toward the heart. A vein or venule
- Von Recklinghausen disease Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Endocrinopathy Literally, a disease of an endocrine gland. A medical term for a hormone problem. For example…