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Recurrent
Back again. A recurrent fever is a fever that has returned after an intermission: a recrudescent fever
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- Frontal bone The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The…
- Dystrophy, corneal See: Corneal dystrophy
- Male internal genitalia The internal genital structures of the male that are concerned with reproduction, including the testis…
- Acrochordon A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). An acrochordon may appear on skin anywhere although…
- Babesiosis An illness caused by the parasite Babesia which is transmitted from animals to humans by ticks. In the US, it…
- Tapeworm, African See Taenia saginata.
- Syndecan One of a family of core proteins with sugars attached to the cell surfaces that control or influence tissue…
- Unconscious 1. Interruption of awareness of oneself and one's surroundings, lack of the ability to notice or respond to…
- Restitution In cytogenetics, the spontaneous rejoining of broken chromosomes to reconstitute the original chromosome…