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Cystic periventricular leukomalacia
Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia is a major problem in very premature infants. Treating the mother with a cortisone-like drug before the…
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Show more- Cast 1) A protective shell of plaster and bandage molded to protect a broken or fractured limb as it heals. 2) An…
- Anemia and triphalangeal thumbs See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Delta-storage pool disease See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Proctitis, ulcerative Ulcerative colitis that is limited to the rectum. Ulcerative colitis itself is a relatively common disease…
- Squamous cells Flat cells that look like fish scales. The word 'squamous' came from the Latin squama meaning 'the scale of a…
- Code, emergency While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Ectopia cordis A type of birth defect in the heart is abnormally located. In ectopia cordis, the heart usually protrudes…
- Menetrier disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Traditional midwife A direct-entry midwife practicing within the confines of traditional folk medicine. Traditional midwives are…
- Disinsection Spraying aircraft for insects, a procedure called disinsection. Some countries in Africa, Latin America, the…
- Atrophic vaginitis Thinning of the lining (the endothelium) of the vagina due to decreased production of estrogen. This may…
- Discordant couple A pair of long-term sexual partners in which one has a sexually transmitted infection and the other does not…