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Contact dermatitis
A skin condition caused by contact between skin and some substance. Includes irritant contact dermatitis (a rash brought on purely by repeated irritation from a substance such as water causing 'dish pan hands') and allergic contact…
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Show more- Intercostal muscle Muscle tissue between two ribs. This muscle is a type called skeletal muscle
- Medicine, legal See: Legal medicine
- Genome, mouse All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…
- Pleurodynia Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease A common illness of infants and children under 10 years old characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a…
- Attack, vasovagal See: Vasovagal reaction
- Enzyme A protein (or protein-based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts…
- Syndrome, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Viruses Small living particles that can infect cells and change how the cells function. Infection with a virus can…
- Renal calculi Kidney stones. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or groin. Occurs in 1 in…
- Prior authorization In pharmacy, a cost-containment procedure that requires a prescriber to obtain permission to prescibe a…
- Watson See: Watson, James