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Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis: An abnormal liver condition characterized by irreversible scarring of the liver. Alcohol and viral hepatitis B and C are among the many causes of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis can cause yellowing of the skin (jaundice), itching, and…
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- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging See: Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
- ART (antiretroviral therapy) Treatment that suppresses or stops a retrovirus. One of the retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus…
- Deafness, acquired Deafness, acquired: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not…
- Curare A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare…
- R/O Medical abbreviation for rule out
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: An inherited disorder that results in low or no production of a protein…
- Snuff Tobacco in the form of a powder that is inhaled into the nose, not smoked. Snuff and chewing tobacco are the…
- Sexagenarian Someone in his or her sixties. See also: Age by decade
- A- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, -less' as…
- Brissaud's infantilism An eponym that is little used (in the USA) for hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that…
- Encephalitis, Nipah virus Brain inflammation (encephalitis) due to the Nipah virus that infects pigs and people. Nipah is the name of…