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Recurrent
Back again. A recurrent fever is a fever that has returned after an intermission: a recrudescent fever
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- Stroma The supportive framework of an organ (or gland or other structure), usually composed of connective tissue…
- Inheritance Not something that is contained in a will, but rather a gene, chromosome or genome that is transmitted from…
- Approved drug A medication approved for marketing. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must approve a…
- Rosacea Rosacea: A chronic skin disease that affects the middle third of the face with persistent redness over the…
- Wrist The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft…
- Middle ear infection, acute Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Mononeuritis multiplex Inflammation of two or more nerves, typically in unrelated portions of the body. Mononeuritis multiplex…
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