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Cigar
A small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking. The word 'cigar,' from the Spanish 'cigarro,' first appeared in English in 1730. In 1998, a National Cancer Institute report outlined cause-and-effect connections between cigar smoking and disease…
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Show more- Angiography, fluorescein See: Von Willebrand disease.
- Keratosis A localized horny overgrowth of the upper layer of skin such as a callus or wart. Among the common forms of…
- Disk, intervertebral See: Intervertebral disk
- Keratosis follicularis A genetic skin disease characterized by slowly progressive hardening of the skin (keratoses) around the hair…
- Nephritis, infective tubulointerstitial Inflammation of the kidney due to infection. Symptoms include nausea, pain in the kidney area, fever, and…
- Ketone A chemical substances that the body makes when it does not have enough insulin in the blood. When ketones…
- Integron A mobile DNA element that can capture and carry genes, particularly those responsible for antibiotic…
- Hypopnea Literally, underbreathing. Breathing that is shallower or slower than normal. Hypopnea is distinct from apnea…
- Glans and foreskin, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Keloid Keloid: A scar that doesn't know when to stop. When the skin is injured, cells grow back to fill in the gap…
- Dystonia, oromandibular Oromandibular dystonia affects the muscles of the jaw, lips, and tongue. The jaw may be pulled either open or…
- Lymphatic edema See: Lymphedema>