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Varicella vaccination
See Chickenpox immunization
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Show more- Anal fissure Anal fissure: Common tear in the anal canal. Anal fissure is a common cause of red blood in the stool.
- Shunt, ventriculoatrial A shunt that drains fluid from the cerebral ventricle into the right atrium of the heart
- Donor insemination A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Intracerebral hematoma Bleeding within the brain. Diagnosis is usually by MRI or CAT scan. Treatment is by surgery
- Biopsy, punch See: Punch biopsy
- Tissue, connective See: Connective tissue
- Argyria Silver poisoning resulting in ashen gray discolored skin (and other tissues of the body). Due to long-term…
- ASCUS An acronym for Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance. This term is used in the Bethesda System…
- Acidophilus Bacteria found in yogurt that can help restore a supportive bacterial environment to an intestinal tract…
- Disease, single gene See Single gene disease
- Analgesic drug A drug designed to control pain. Analgesic comes from the Greek an-, without + algesis, sense of pain =…
- Vaccine, oral polio See: Polio vaccine, oral