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Humidifier fever
Fever: A form of sick building syndrome that usually develops on Monday or the first workday of the week. The hallmark of the disease is the sudden onset of fever. Other features may include muscle aches and pains and mild shortness of…
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Show more- Omentum A sheet of fat that is covered by peritoneum. The greater omentum is attached to the bottom edge of the…
- Circulation, fetal The blood circulation in the fetus (the unborn baby). Before birth, the blood from the heart that is destined…
- Neuroendocrine Having to do with neuroendocrinology: the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system
- Kawasaki disease Kawasaki disease: A disease that has nothing to do with the motor bike of the same name but is a syndrome of…
- Neprilysin See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase
- Immunity, passive See: Passive immunity
- Necrotic Synonymous with dead. Necrotic tissue is dead tissue.
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Adverse drug reaction See: Adverse reaction
- CD8+ T cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
- Neurology The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system -- the…
- Juxtapyloric The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtapyloric thus means…