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RWI
Recreational water illness
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Show more- Mastalgia Pain in the breast or mammary gland. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- Nerve, vagus A remarkable nerve that supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea…
- Fever, familial Mediterranean (FMF) An inherited disorder featuring short recurring crises of severe abdominal pain and bouts of fever. Other…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Juncture In anatomy, a place where two or more structures join; a joint. From the Latin jungere, to join
- PARK10 Familial Parkinson disease type 10
- Factor V Leiden A genetic disorder of blood coagulation (clotting) that carries an increased risk of venous thromboembolism…
- Mortality rate A death rate. There are a number of different types of mortality rates as, for examples, the following: >…
- Zidovudine triphosphate The active form of zidovudine which is also known as AZT. See: AZT
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Genome annotation The process of identifying the locations of genes and all of the coding regions in a genome and determining…
- PCP Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. A parasitic infection of the lungs that is particularly common and…