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Quincke's disease
This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin and fatty tissues beneath the skin. Hereditary angioneurotic edema (or hereditary angioedema) is a genetic form of angioedema…
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Show more- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Shy-Drager syndrome A mysterious progressive disorder of the central and sympathetic nervous systems, also called multiple system…
- Disease, clinical A disease with clinical signs and symptoms that can be recognized. As distinct from a subclinical illness…
- Sigma Theta Tau The international honor society for nursing. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate…
- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…
- Strep throat Strep throat: Strep throat is an infection caused by a type of bacteria called streptococcus, which can lead…
- PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
- Dyspraxia, developmental A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The…
- Palpebra The eyelid. The plural is palpebrae and the adjective is palpebral, as in palpebral fissure
- CT, electron beam Also known as Ultrafast CT (computerized tomography), this is a new (and controversial) noninvasive test for…
- Radical neck See: Radical neck dissection
- Arteriosclerotic aneurysm A localized widening (aneurysm) of a vessel that occurs because the vessel wall is weakened by…