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Diarrhea, E. coli hemorrhagic
Bloody colitis (inflammation of the bowel) caused by E. coli, usually by the strain E. coli 0157:H7. The diarrhea is severe with painful abdominal cramps, gross blood in the stool, and lasts for 6 to 8 days. Most commonly, E. coli 01257:H7…
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Show more- Pharyngeal Having to do with the throat (pharynx)
- Hormone, TSH Stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. Also known as thyrotropin
- Spleen, ruptured Rupture of the capsule of the spleen is a potential catastrophe that requires immediate medical and surgical…
- Shunt, Glenn See: Glenn shunt
- ECT Electroconvulsive therapy
- Exfoliation syndrome See: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
- Therapy, electroconvulsive See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Sinus node The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Sacrococcygeal Pertaining to both the sacrum and coccyx (the tailbone). Teratomas are often in the sacrococcygeal region in…
- Genome, mouse All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…
- Putamen An area in the brain within a structure called the lentiform nucleus. The putamen may decrease in size as a…
- Colonic (noun) Colonic irrigation, the infusion of liquid into the colon through a tube in the rectum. It is claimed that…