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Poison oak
Poison oak is a form of 'contact dermatitis' or inflammation of the skin resulting from chemicals produced from the poison oak plant contacting the skin. The chemicals cause an immune reaction producing redness, itching and blistering of…
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- Tapeworm, armed Taenia solium
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…
- Twin, vanishing See: Vanishing twin
- Spontaneous abortion A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is…
- Recurrence risk In medical genetics, the recurrence risk is the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in the…
- Autoimmune process A process in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys body tissue that it mistakes for foreign…
- Pistol-shot pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Antisense In molecular biology, the strand complementary to a coding sequence of a nucleic acid. Antisense DNA is the…
- PAT Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
- Warfarin Warfarin: An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from…
- Cupping 1. A cup-shaped depression, as in the head of the optic nerve in the eye. 2. Treatment in which a cup is…