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Vaccination, mumps
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Show more- Women's Health Initiative A hospital for the exclusive use of women. The first hospital called by that name was the Woman's Hospital of…
- Vaccinia necrosum See Progressive vaccinia
- Modifiers, biological response (BRMs) Substances that stimulate the body's response to infection and disease. The body naturally produces small…
- Hospitalist A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of…
- ECT Electroconvulsive therapy
- Recur To occur again. To return. Any symptom (such as fatigue), any sign (such as a heart murmur), or any disease…
- Cyclobutanone See: 2-ACB
- MECP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein-2) An enzyme which, when mutated, results in RTT (Rett syndrome), a genetic disease that is a uniform and…
- Gower syndrome (situational syncope) The temporary loss of consciousness in particular kinds of situations. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Bone marrow aspiration The removal of a small amount of bone marrow (usually from the hip) through a needle. The needle is placed…
- Mycosis fungoides A type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that first appears on the skin. Also called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
- Sickness, mountain >If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If…