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Myocarditis, viral
Inflammation of the muscles in the walls of the heart due to a viral infection. Among the offenders are dozen of different common viruses, including the adenovirus, coxsackievirus, poliovirus, echoviruses, and influenza viruses…
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- Lice, pubic See: Pubic lice
- Cranial nerve, fourth The fourth cranial nerve, the trochlear nerve, is the nerve supply to the superior oblique muscle of the eye…
- Bed sore A painful, often reddened area of degenerating, ulcerated skin caused by pressure and lack of movement, and…
- Midwife assistant A person who assists a midwife with prenatal care, childbirth education, delivery, and post-natal care. Also…
- Multicentric Having more than one center. A term often applied to tumors. A minority of Wilms tumors are multicentric and…
- Phenol 1. A poisonous corrosive compound obtained by the distillation of coal tar that, in dilute solution, is an…
- Chronic arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- CRAC1 Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1. Also called hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed…
- Surgery, fetal The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal or antenatal surgery. Fetal surgery is…
- Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Stitute of (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…