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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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Fever, dandy
An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the 'dengue triad') of…
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Show more- Syndrome, sick sinus Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the…
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Transplant, hand and forearm Transplantation of the hand and the forearm from one person (a deceased donor) to another (the recipient). In…
- DNA, mitochondrial Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA of the mitochondrion, a structure situated in the cytoplasm of the cell…
- Cephalic disorder A congenital condition that stems from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system…
- Hayfever Hay fever is, always has been, and ever shall be two separate words. See: Hay fever
- Microscopy, electron Too small a body. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth. The prefix "micro-" is derived from…
- Helicase An enzyme that unwinds double-strand DNA into two single DNA strands
- Diabetes, labile A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Venereal disease A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the…
- Pharyngitis Inflammation of the pharynx (the hollow tube in the back of the throat about 5 inches long that starts behind…
- Antibody, antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…