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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
A 'wastepaper basket' for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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- Tumor An abnormal mass of tissue. Tumors are a classic sign of inflammation, and can be benign or malignant…
- Lethal Deadly, fatal, capable of causing death, death-dealing. The word 'lethal' comes from the Latin 'letum'…
- Acquired epileptiform aphasia See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Cupping 1. A cup-shaped depression, as in the head of the optic nerve in the eye. 2. Treatment in which a cup is…
- Metrorrhagia Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals, particularly between the expected menstrual periods. Metrorrhagia…
- Scrofula An old term for tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck. Also known as the King's evil
- Apoplexy A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness…
- Tachycardia, ventricular An abnormally rapid heart rhythm that originates from a ventricle, one of the lower chambers of the heart…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Ringworm (tinea) Ringworm (tinea): Ringworm is a fungal infection of the skin previously thought to be due to a parasite…