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Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and intense abdominal and chest pains with headache. The chest pain is typically worsened by breathing or coughing. The illness usually…
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Show more- Implantation The act of setting in firmly. In embryology, implantation refers specifically to the attachment of the…
- Randomized controlled trial (RCT) A study in which people are allocated at random (by chance alone) to receive one of several clinical…
- Toe, turf See: Turf toe
- Glaucoma treatment (medical) Although glaucoma cannot be cured, it can usually be controlled. Medical treatment can be in the form of…
- Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom or disease after a remission. The reappearance of cancer cells at the same site…
- Hepatitis Inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is usually transmitted from person to…
- Microscopy, cryo-electron See: Cryo-electron microscopy
- Retinopathy, diabetic See: Diabetic retinopathy
- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…
- Hormone, estrogenic A female hormone produced by the ovaries (or an equivalent hormone synthesized in the laboratory). Estrogen…
- Remodeling, chromatin See: Chromatin remodeling
- Typhus, murine An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic…