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Typhus
One of a group of acute infections caused by rickettsiae, transmitted by arthropods (lice, fleas, mites), and characterized by severe headache, chills, high fever, stupor, and a rash. The four main entities making up the group are epidemic…
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- Strabismus Strabismus: A condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear to be…
- Bones of the leg, ankle and foot Are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip and…
- Gigantism, pituitary Excessive growth and height due to chronic overactivity of the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain)…
- Central auditory processing disorder A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Assisted suicide Suicide: The deliberate hastening of death by a terminally ill patient with assistance from a doctor, family…
- American Association of Dermatology One of a multitude of professional societies in the health arena. The AMA (the American Medical Association)…
- Test, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory A blood test for syphilis. Venereal Disease Research Laboratory is commonly abbreviated VDRL. A negative…
- Knee replacement, total A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery…
- International normalized ratio An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Sociopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder
- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…