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Cold, summer
A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real cold, the term 'summer cold' is a misnomer. Unlike a real cold, it is not caused by a virus but by allergy. It is therefore also…
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Show more- Pneumonia, aspiration Inflammation of the lungs due to aspiration (the sucking in of food particles or fluids into the lungs).
- Syndrome, congenital rubella The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth…
- Assistive technology This term may be used to mean an assistive device, but more commonly denotes some kind of electronic or…
- Niacin deficiency See: Pellagra
- Endochondral bone Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…
- Dejerine-Klumpke palsy See: Klumpke palsy
- Yellow jacket sting A sting from a yellow jacket (or other large stinging insects such as bees, hornets and wasps) can trigger…
- Osteopetrosis Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the…
- Venomous 1. Full of venom. 2. Having venom, like some snakes and insects. 3. By extension, noxious, as a venomous…
- Puerperal fever Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal…
- Duane-radial ray syndrome See: Okihiro syndrome
- Axillary dissection Surgery in which the axilla (the armpit) is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…