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SAPHO syndrome
SAPHO syndrome: SAPHO syndrome is an eponym for a condition which is characterized by a combination of: > >Synovitis -- inflammation of the joint lining (synovium), typically manifest as warmth, tenderness, pain, swelling, and stiffness of…
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- Pulmonary Having to do with the lungs. (The word comes from the Latin pulmo for lung).
- Genes, breast cancer susceptibility Breast cancer susceptibility: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes…
- Bradycardia A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Cod liver oil An oil extracted from the liver of the cod. Cod liver oil was once given religiously to children every day as…
- Superficial spreading melanoma See: Melanoma, superficial spreading
- Otosclerosis The abnormal formation of new bone in the middle ear that gradually immobilizes the stapes (stirrup bone) and…
- Pelvic Having to do with the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones
- Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth (1926-2004) Swiss-born American psychiatrist whose work with and teching about terminally ill patients helped…
- Orchitis Inflammation of the testis (male sex organ). There are many causes of inflammation of the testis including…
- Proto-oncogene A normal gene which, when altered by mutation, becomes an oncogene that can contribute to cancer…
- Knee, housemaid's See: Housemaid's knee