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Syndrome, hand-foot-and-mouth
A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The internal rash (the enanthem) consists of blisters and little ulcers that may involve not only the lining of the mouth but also the…
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- Nerve, trigeminal This nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and as the motor nerve controlling the…
- Resect To remove. Resect and excise are not synonymous. Excise implies total removal whereas resect need not. A…
- Beard The hair that normally grows on the male face after puberty. Testosterone, the most potent of the naturally…
- Fracture, clay-shoveler's An uncommon breakage of the spine of the vertebrae from the lower neck or upper back as a result of stress…
- Somatotropin Growth hormone, a polypeptide containing 191 amino acids, produced by the anterior pituitary, the front…
- Anesthesia awareness The situation that occurs when a patient under general anesthesia becomes aware of some or all events during…
- T cell, peripheral A T cell found in the peripheral blood rather than in the lymphatic system.
- Version 1. In obstetrics, the process of turning the fetus. A cephalic version brings the fetal head into the birth…
- CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public…
- Heterozygote A person possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A heterozygote…
- Acute abdomen The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a…