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Pediatric arthritis
See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
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- Bacterial prostatitis, chronic Prostatitis, chronic: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the…
- Posture, static See: Static posture
- Varicose vein A dilated (widened) tortuous (twisting) vein, usually involving a superficial vein in the leg, often…
- Lymphoblastic leukemia, acute (ALL) A form of leukemia that has a sudden onset and is characterized by the presence in the blood and bone marrow…
- Vitamin B3 Vitamin B3 is niacin. Deficiency of niacin causes pellagra. Pellagra was known as the 'disease of the four…
- Hypotensive Having abnormally low blood pressure (hypotension). See also: Hypertensive; Normotensive
- Voice box The voice box, or larynx, is the portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract containing the vocal cords…
- Hemopoietic See: Hematopoietic
- RLQ Abbreviation for the right lower quadrant (quarter) of the abdomen. The RLQ of the abdomen contains the…
- Smell, inability to No sense of smell is called anosmia. It can be due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to…
- Diabesity Diabetes caused by overweight or obesity. From diabetes + obesity. Synonymous with the usual form of type 2…