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Foot pain
Foot pain: Foot pain is the sensation of discomfort in the foot arising from disorders or injury to any of the structures in the foot including bones, nerves, muscles, blood vessels, or connective tissue. There are numerous and varied…
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Show more- Rubella immunization The standard MMR vaccine is given to prevent measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). The MMR vaccine is…
- Category 5 storm See: Category five hurricane
- Detox Short for detoxification, usually from an addictive drug such as alcohol or heroin. A detox center is…
- Tyr Tyrosine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- RMSF Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Biological therapy Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight…
- Dermopathy, diabetic See: Diabetic dermopathy
- Vidian neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Opening, vaginal The opening to the muscular canal extending from the cervix to the outside of the body. The word 'vagina' is…
- Schistosoma mansoni A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and that (like S. japonicum) causes liver and…
- Julius Axelrod See: Axelrod, Julius
- Neurological Having to do with the nerves or the nervous system