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Quinsy
Not a TV detective but an old word for a peritonsillar abscess. Whether you call it quinsy or a peritonsillar abscess, it is a collection of pus (an abscess) behind the tonsils that pushes one of the tonsils toward the uvula (the prominent…
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Show more- Nephrologist A medical specialist in nephrology (the study of the kidney or 'kidney-ology')
- Innervation The nerve supply, usually to a specific part of the body. The innervation of the cornea is dense
- Membrane cofactor protein See: MCP
- Typhus, African tick One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Mead See: Mead, Margaret
- Long arm of a chromosome The long arm of a chromosome is termed the q arm. All human chromosomes have 2 arms, the p (short) arm and…
- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Eczema Eczema: A particular type of inflammatory reaction of the skin in which there are typically vesicles (tiny…
- Gorlin-Goltz syndrome See: Gorlin syndrome
- Hematology The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and bone marrow as well as of the…
- Gamma-OH A European name for gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for…
- Idiopathy A disease or medical condition of unknown origin or which has no apparent cause. As in the idiopathy of…