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Flaviviridae
A family of viruses transmitted by mosquitos and ticks that cause some important diseases, including dengue, yellow fever, tick-borne encephalitis virus, and West Nile fever. The flaviviruses are positive-strand RNA viruses containing…
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Show more- Bacterial Of or pertaining to bacteria. For example, a bacterial lung infection
- Norwegian scabies See crusted scabies
- Voiding cystourethrogram A test done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid (that…
- Gaucher disease, type 1 Gaucher disease, type 1: The most common and best known form of Gaucher disease. It affects the spleen…
- Leukemia, blastic phase of Leukemia, blastic phase of: A stage in which 30 percent or more of the cells in the bone marrow or blood are…
- Acid reflux A common condition and an abnormal one in which acid in the stomach rises up into the esophagus. This occurs…
- Primary progressive aphasia An atypical dementia characterized by a relentless dissolution of language with memory relatively preserved…
- NEJM The New England Journal of Medicine
- Skin calipers A simple method for determining the lean body mass. This method involves measuring the skinfold thickness of…
- Radial head dislocation See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Funnel chest (pectus excavatum) 'Caved-in' chest. Usually an unimportant isolated finding evident at birth. (Funnel chest can occasionally be…
- Magnetic resonance elastography An imaging technique used to measure the elasticity of tissue by gently shaking the tissue in a magnetic…