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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: (Abbreviated PXE). A genetic disorder characterized by degeneration of elastic fibers and tiny areas of calcification in the skin, back of the eyes (retinae), and blood vessels. PXE can be inherited as an…
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Show more- TC-99 tetrofosmin scintimammography Scintimammography is an imaging technique that uses a radioisotope (a radioactive substance) to help…
- Caudal block See Caudal anesthesia
- CCCR5 See: CCR5
- Ci (Curie) Ci is the abbreviation for a Curie, a unit of radioactivity. (Specifically, the quantity of any radioactive…
- Disease, His-Werner Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart) and the…
- Poisoning, sea An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Tropical cyclone A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Other terms for…
- Sclerosing panencephalitis, subacute (SSPE) A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of…
- HHV-5 Human herpesvirus 5. See cytomegalovirus.
- Enervation The act of enervating or the state of being enervated. See: Enervate
- Rash Rash: Breaking out (eruption) of the skin. Medically, a rash is referred to as an exanthem.
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…