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Rash, chickenpox
Rash, chickenpox: Chickenpox is characterized by a rash, often the first sign of the disease. The rash of chickenpox develops in crops with raised red spots arriving first, progressing to blisters that burst, creating open sores, before…
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Show more- Tonotopy The spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is tonotopy in the…
- Barotrauma Trauma caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure, especially affecting enclosed cavities within the…
- Rapid eye movement sleep Sleep: Rapid eye movement sleep (REM) sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements…
- Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) A highly regarded journal of medical science that publishes 'biologically significant findings of…
- Abuse, pregnancy Abuse of an expectant mother. This abuse is most often perpetrated by the woman's spouse, partner, or…
- Perioperative Literally, around (the time of) surgery. More specifically, the period of time extending from when the…
- OMS (World Health Organization) In medicine, the person who is ready to respond, the one on duty. As in "Who is the doctor on call this…
- Heel spur A bony spur projecting from the back or underside of the heel that often makes walking painful. Spurs at the…
- Headache, stress See headache, tension
- San Joaquin Valley disease A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Stickler, Gunnar B. German-American pediatrician Gunnar B. Stickler (1925-) who first described the genetic disorder of collagen…
- Menstruation Menstruation: The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus. Also called menorrhea, the time…