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Sherlock, Sheila
British physician (1918-2001) who pioneered the study of the liver (hepatology). She made liver biopsy a routine clinical tool and, with its help, developed the current classification of chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. She applied…
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Show more- Rheumatic heart disease Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating…
- Cystic acne Acne: This is a type of localized infection (abscess) formed when oil ducts become clogged and infected…
- Co-payment A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to…
- Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Elective surgery Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example…
- TGF Transforming growth factor
- Keratosis, senile Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- Lymph node, sentinel The first lymph node ('gland') to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel…
- Cephalgia Headache. (One of those things we all know but that defies an easy definition.) Literally, headache is an…
- German measles (historical note) In 1941 N. M. Gregg, an Australian ophthalmologist, recognized that infection of the mother with German…
- Buruli ulcer A disorder caused by infection with a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy…