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Eruption, bather's
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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Show more- Infant, small for gestational age Small for gestational age (SGA) infants weigh 2500 g or less at birth and are considered to have intrauterine…
- Occipital bone The bone that forms the rear and the rear bottom of the skull. The occipital bone encloses a large oval hole…
- Levonorgestrel A progestin. Named levonorgestrel because it is the levorotatory form of norgestrel. Used in combination with…
- Syndecan One of a family of core proteins with sugars attached to the cell surfaces that control or influence tissue…
- Traditional midwife A direct-entry midwife practicing within the confines of traditional folk medicine. Traditional midwives are…
- Penis, small A penis that is abnormally small, also known as micropenis. In medical practice, the dimension of the penis…
- Octalox Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Hereditary angioedema A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Health, Inuit See: Artic health
- Syndrome, Alpers See: Alpers disease
- Gm (gram) The abbreviation gm stands for gram, a unit of measurement of weight and mass in the metric system. In…
- Rectocele Bulging of the front wall of the rectum into the vagina. Rectocele is due to weakening of the pelvic support…