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Diabetic dermopathy
A skin condition characteristic of diabetes involving light brown or reddish oval or round scaly patches, most often on the shins or front of the thighs and less often on the scalp, forearm and trunk. The cause of diabetic dermopathy is…
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Show more- Lindane An organochlorine pesticide and nerve poison. Also a suspected carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). Although…
- Giardia A genus of protozoa that infect the gastrointestinal tract of some animals, including humans. Giardia have a…
- Acetabulum The cup-shaped socket of the hip joint. In fact, in Latin an 'acetabulum' is cup, a vinegar cup. The…
- Penetrant trait A genetic trait (characteristic) that is present in the genome and manifests itself in the individual. By…
- Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…
- Enate 1. As a noun, a relative on the mother's side. 2. As an adjective, related on the mother's side. As opposed…
- Entamoeba histolytica The agent of amebic dysentery, a disorder with inflammation of the intestine and ulceration of the colon…
- Disease, Paget See: Paget disease
- Typhus, African tick One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Contig Contiguous sequence of DNA created by assembling overlapping sequenced fragments of a chromosome. A group of…
- Subclavian Under the clavicle (the collar bone), as the subclavian artery or the subclavian vein
- Immunotherapy Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…