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Infection, middle ear
Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually…
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- Pea, jequirity See: Abrin
- Tuberous sclerosis 2 The TSC2 gene involved in causing the disease tuberous sclerosis. See: TSC2
- Lipid Another word for 'fat.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) A lipid is more formally defined as a…
- Tuberculosis, pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs. This is the most common form of active TB. It can be easily…
- Burn, second degree A burn that looks like a first degree burn in that it is red and sensation is intact but the damage from the…
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Oocyte A female germ cell in the process of development. The oocyte is produced in the ovary by an ancestral cell…
- Corneal abrasion A scratch or scrape on the cornea, the clear front window of the eye that transmits and focuses light into…
- Splenic vein A vein formed by the union of several small veins that return blood from the stomach, pancreas and spleen…
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
- Colony-stimulating factor A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells…