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Nephritis
Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by hypersensitivity (allergy) to drug therapy. Recognition of a drug-related cause is important because severe renal damage is often…
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- Fear of cold An abnormal and persistent fear of cold, including cold weather and cold objects. Sufferers of this fear…
- Thigh bone The thigh bone in anatomy is called the 'femur.' Whichever term you care to use -- thigh bone or femur, it is…
- TMA See Trimethylaminuri
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis A cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot within the cavernous sinus, a large channel of venous blood in a…
- Development The process of growth and differentiation.
- Crack (drug) The street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free…
- Soper, Fred L. (1893-1977) American physician, epidemiologist and public health administrator. Soper won a Lasker Award in…
- Skin graft Skin that is used to cover an area where the patient's skin has been lost due to a burn, injury, or surgery…
- Rx A medical prescription. The symbol 'Rx' is usually said to stand for the Latin word 'recipe' meaning 'to…
- Smallpox bioterrorism The misuse of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. Routine vaccinations…
- Seabather's itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…