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Infection, adenovirus
Infection with one of a group of viruses responsible for a spectrum of respiratory disease as well as infection of the stomach and intestine (gastroenteritis), eyes (conjunctivitis), and bladder (cystitis) and rash. Adenovirus respiratory…
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Show more- Quadrant A quarter. For example, the liver is in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
- Appendix epididymis A small cystic projection from the surface of the epididymis which represents a remnant the embryologic…
- Optician A specialist in fitting eyeglasses and making lenses to correct vision problems. An optometrist performs eye…
- Syndrome, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Disease, hemolytic, of the newborn Abnormal breakup of red blood cells in the fetus or newborn.
- Joint, calcaneocuboid The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid…
- Impotence Impotence: A common problem among men characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection…
- Patient-controlled analgesia See: PCA
- Myotonic dystrophy An inherited disease in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax -- this phenomenon is…
- Gustavson syndrome A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- Pleural Pertaining to the pleura, the thin covering that protects the lungs. The term 'pleural' is pronounced like…
- Symptomatic treatment Therapy that eases the symptoms without addressing the basic cause of the disease. For example, symptomatic…