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Hookworm
An intestinal parasite that usually causes diarrhea or cramps. Heavy infestation with hookworm can be serious for newborns, children, pregnant women, and persons who are malnourished. Hookworm infections occur mainly in tropical and…
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Show more- Marasmus Wasting away, as occurs with children who have kwashiorkor. Also called cachexia, is usually a result of…
- Spinocerebellar ataxia Ataxia with malfunction of the cerebellum
- Hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature. The condition needs treatment at body temperatures of 35C (95 F) or below…
- Leukemia, acute myeloid Leukemia, acute myeloid: A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature…
- Dysplastic nevi Atypical moles whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to be…
- Selenium deficiency See Deficiency, selenium
- XX The sex chromosome complement of a normal human female. See also X chromosome
- Age-related deafness See: Presbycusis
- Pimply Having pimples. Papuliferous and papilliferous are fancy words for what is simply pimply
- Thyroid insufficiency See: Hypothyroidism
- EGF Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Scheuermann's disease A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and causes urinary tract disease. See Schistosomiasis.