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Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant
A variant of tuberculosis (TB) that is not affected by one or more of the antibiotics normally used to treat it. If the strain of TB is unaffected by more than one medication, it is called multidrug resistant (MDR) TB. A person with any…
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Show more- Foreign body airway obstruction Partial or complete blockage of the breathing tubes to the lungs due to a foreign body (e.g., food, a bead…
- Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome See: Alstrom syndrome
- Growth hormone A hormone made in the pituitary gland that stimulates the release of another hormone called somatomedin by…
- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- Perianal Located around the anus, the opening of the rectum to the outside of the body. Peri- is a prefix borrowed…
- OCPD Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- LL 1. Lower lid (of the eye). 2. Lower limit. The recommended LL for potassium intake is 4.7 grams per day for…
- Chemoprophylaxis The use of a chemical agent to prevent the development of a disease. See: Chemoprevention
- PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder. (The abbreviation PTSD has rapidly gained in popularity because saying…
- VWM Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children…
- Contraceptive, pill Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…