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Giardiasis
Infection with Giardia lamblia
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- C. botulinum Clostridium botulinum
- Osler's nodes These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the…
- Crutch A wooden or metal vertical prop that helps support a disabled person while he or she is walking. Crutches…
- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Mouth mirror A little mirror on a rod that is used to examine the teeth and other structures within the mouth
- Discharge, nipple See: Breast discharge
- Herpes simplex type 2 A herpes virus that causes genital herpes, which is characterized by sores in the genital area. Genital…
- Board eligible Board eligible in medicine means that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical…
- Syncope, coughing The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Ischial bursitis Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursa that separates the gluteus maximus muscle of the buttocks from the…