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Morbus gallicus
The French disease. Syphilis. The name 'syphilis' was coined by Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro). Fracastorius was a true Renaissance man; he wrote on the temperature of wines, the rise of the Nile, poetry, the mind, and the…
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Show more- Ciliary neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Peritonitis, acute Sudden inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane lining the inner wall of the abdomen and pelvis…
- Osteodystrophy Osteodystrophy: A bone disorder that adversely affects bone growth. See also renal osteodystrophy.
- GOLD-2 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Excess iron Iron overload can damage the heart, liver, gonads and other organs. Iron overload is a particular risk for: >…
- Gastric cancer Cancer of the stomach, the major organ that holds food for digestion. Worldwide, stomach cancer is the second…
- Arachnophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers from arachnophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Nerve, afferent A nerve that carries impulses toward the central nervous system (CNS). The opposite of an afferent nerve is…
- Sz Seizure
- Haploinsufficiency A situation in which the total level of a gene product (a particular protein) produced by the cell is about…
- Arrhythmia, sinus The normal increase in heart rate that occurs during inspiration (when you breathe in). This is a natural…
- Infection, breast See: Breast infection. See also: Mastitis