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Xerostomia
Dry mouth. The condition of not having enough saliva to keep the mouth wet due to inadequate function of the salivary glands. Everyone has a dry mouth once in a while when they are nervous, upset or under stress. But if someone has a dry…
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- Nursemaid's elbow Partial dislocation of the elbow. The radius (a bone in the forearm) slips out of the ligament that holds it…
- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…
- Health, Saami See: Artic health
- Tinea cruris A superficial fungus infection of the crotch and perineum known popularly as jock itch. Good general hygiene…
- Occult Hidden. Occult blood is hidden from the eye but is nonetheless present and can be detected by chemical tests…
- Esophageal Pertaining to the esophagus
- Perinatologist An obstetrical subspecialist concerned with the care of the mother and fetus at higher-than-normal risk for…
- Automated white cell differential A machine-generated percentage of the different types of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes…
- Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes and Digestive Igestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- United States Pharmacopeia Abbreviated USP. A publication, established in 1820, that contains legally recognized standards of identity…
- Falciparum malaria Malaria: The most dangerous type of malaria. Red blood cells infected with the parasite tend to sludge and…