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Chickenpox immunization
Immunization designed to prevent or lessen the severity of the common disease known as chickenpox. The vaccination currently involves only one shot, given at about one year of age. If an older person has not had chickenpox, the shot may be…
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Show more- Erythrodermic psoriasis A particularly inflammatory form of psoriasis that often affects most of the body surface. It is the least…
- IFA Indirect immunofluorescence assay
- Aural vertigo, recurrent A condition, also known as Meniere's disease, with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears…
- Angina Angina: Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic See Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Vaccine, oral polio See: Polio vaccine, oral
- T-cell lymphoma A disease in which cells in the lymphoid system called T cells (or T lymphocytes) become malignant. T-cell…
- Mycet- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus
- Accessory neuropathy Disease of the accessory nerve which is the eleventh cranial nerve. The accessory nerve supplies the…
- Phenomenon, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Lymphoma, aggressive See: Aggressive lymphoma