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Pimple
A small papule or pustule. Pimples are sebaceous glands (oil glands) that are infected with bacteria, become inflamed, and fill with pus. Pimples are due to overactivity of the sebaceous glands located at the base of the hair follicles…
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Show more- Tick fever See: Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Armed tapeworm Taenia solium
- Baskerville effect A fatal heart attack triggered by extreme psychological stress. The effect is named after Charles…
- Laryngeal dystonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Lyon hypothesis See Lyonization
- Neuron, arcuate See: Arcuate neuron
- Atonia, REM sleep Sleep : A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to…
- Parkinsonism 1. Parkinson disease. 2. A syndrome similar to Parkinson disease, for example, as a side effect of an…
- Ibuprofen Ibuprofen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly used to treat pain, swelling, and fever…
- Stercolith See: Fecalith
- Retinoic acid syndrome A syndrome that occurs from treatment with retinoic acid and is characterized by fever, dyspnea (difficulty…
- Pharmacopeia Also spelled pharmacopoeia, an official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been…