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Sleeping sickness, African
See: African sleeping sickness
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- Dandy fever An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache…
- Arteriosclerotic retinopathy Retinal disease caused by arteriosclerosis. In this condition, the arterioles (small arteries) in the retina…
- GERD Stands for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, a disorder in which there is recurrent return of stomach contents…
- Masklike face An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a real face. A…
- Dermatopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermopathy
- Matter, white The part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibers. The white matter is white because it is the…
- Bacteremia The presence of live bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia is analogous to viremia (the presence of a virus…
- Stress test, radionucleide See: Radionuclide stress test
- Diverticulum, Zenker See: Zenker diverticulum
- Extubation The process of removing a tube from a hollow organ or passageway, often from the airway. The opposite of…
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome Loeys-Dietz syndrome: Loeys-Dietz syndrome is an inherited syndrome characterized by aortic aneurysms…