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Show more- Suppurate To form or discharge pus. The adjective is suppurative, as in suppurative arthritis. The noun is suppuration…
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- Immunization, MMR The standard vaccine given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is now…
- Miner's asthma See: Black lung disease
- Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom or disease after a remission. The reappearance of cancer cells at the same site…
- Syndrome, battered child A disease in which children are physically abused. The battered child syndrome is a form of child abuse. Not…
- Contrast Short for 'contrast media.' Contrast media are X-ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between…
- Malaria, falciparum The most dangerous type of malaria. Caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, this type of malaria is…
- Forensics, DNA DNA:See: DNA forensics
- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…
- Donor, universal A person who is type O in the ABO blood group system and can donate blood to all recipients