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Quarantine
The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics, quarantine was one of the few available means for halting the spread of infectious diseases. It is still employed as needed. The…
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Show more- Infection, urinary tract (UTI) An infection in the urinary system that begins when microorganisms cling to the opening of the urethra (the…
- AIDS wasting syndrome The involuntary weight loss of 10% of baseline body weight plus either chronic diarrhea (two loose stools per…
- Disc, slipped Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Vohwinkel syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by hearing loss and thickened skin, particularly on the knuckles. The…
- Scrofula An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as the King's evil
- Smokeless tobacco Tobacco that is not smoked but used in another form such as chewing tobacco or snuff. Cancers of the oral…
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Amnion A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes…
- Skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata
- Gestational hypertension See: Hypertension, gestational