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Allergic granulomatosis
A disease (also often called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels in persons with a history of asthma or allergy. The symptoms of the Churg-Strauss syndrome include fatigue, weight loss…
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Show more- Resuscitate To restore to life. Derived from the Latin resuscitare, to reawaken
- Mammogram Mammogram: An X-ray of the breast with the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it. There are two…
- Endovaginal ultrasound This type of imaging test is a special form of ultrasound developed to examine the pelvic organs and is the…
- Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Syndrome, Martin-Bell Better known as the fragile X syndrome, the most common heritable form of mental retardation. Fragile X…
- Dicysteine Cystine
- Dextrocardia The heart is reversed and is in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left…
- Migraine, ophthalmic Migraine involving the eyes but without headache. Migraine, due to a spasm of blood vessels in the brain…
- Diabetes skin condition See: Diabetic skin disease
- Vision, low Visual loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses and that interferes with daily living…
- Fahrenheit Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32°F and the boiling point of water 212°F. The…
- TGA 1. Transient global amnesia.2. Transposition of the great arteries