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Adult T-cell lymphoma
See: Adult T-cell leukemia
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- Asthma, miner's See: Black lung disease
- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife
- Catheter A thin, flexible tube. For example, a catheter placed in a vein provides a pathway for giving drugs…
- Lymphedema A common chronic, debilitating condition in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes…
- Disease, Bornholm Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and…
- Error, type II See: Error, beta
- Resistance, aspirin See: Aspirin resistance
- Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through…
- Tapeworm, pork Taenia solium
- ATN Acute tubular necrosis