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Eruption, bather's
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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Show more- Vulvar pain, chronic Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external…
- Thyroiditis, postpartum Postpartum Thyroiditis is an inflammation of the thyroid gland after pregnancy. NTER>
- Dental impaction Teeth pressing together. For example, molar teeth (the large teeth in the back of the jaw) can be impacted…
- Prelingual Before the development of speech and language. 'She showed that in prelingually deaf people (that is, those…
- C (cytosine) C stands for cytosine, a DNA nucleotide that which is one member of the base pair in DNA consisting of…
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Fusospirillary gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Silver A metal used in some medications and in many 'natural' remedies, as well as in silver amalgam for filling…
- Pancreatectomy A procedure in which a surgeon takes out part or all of the pancreas (an organ behind the lower part of the…
- Intermittent claudication An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs…
- Annotation, genome The process of identifying the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determining what…
- Acustimulation Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points done to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting