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White subungual onychomycosis, proximal
The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is also called onychomycosis.) The infection begins in the nail fold (the portion of the nail opposite the tip of the finger)…
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Show more- Disease, Forestier A severe form of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non-human primates. Caused by a genetically…
- Still's Disease See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.
- Gly Glycine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- STL1 Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Syphilis, congenital The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- House Hospital. As in house officer, house staff, and house surgeon
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…
- Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- PCO 1. Abbreviation in medical records for 'Patient complains of.' 2. Abbreviation for polycystic ovary. See…
- Amyloid Any of a number of complex proteins that are deposited in tissues and that share selected laboratory features…
- Chlamydia A type of bacteria one species of which causes an infection very similar to gonorrhea in the way that it is…
- Joint hypermobility syndrome A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move beyond the normal range of…