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DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever)
A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). DHF starts abruptly with high continuous fever and headache plus respiratory and…
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Show more- Hepato- Prefix or combining form used before a consonant to refer to the liver. From the Greek hepar, liver
- Scleroconjunctival Pertaining to both the sclera and the conjunctiva. The sclera, a tough white outer coat that covers most of…
- Hypermagnesemia Excess magnesium. Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium…
- Yeast rash A slightly raised pink-to-red rash caused by proliferation of yeast, usually in a moist area such as the…
- Radioallergosorbent test An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The test is used to check for allergic sensitivity to specific…
- Omentum A sheet of fat that is covered by peritoneum. The greater omentum is attached to the bottom edge of the…
- Morphea Skin changes that are localized to one or more patchy areas of skin that become hardened, dry, smooth and…
- Congenital lymphedema A condition present at birth in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes swelling…
- Collateral knee ligament, lateral The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Mutilating keratoderma See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Schizencephaly A developmental disorder of the brain characterized by abnormal slits, or clefts, in the cerebral…
- Casein The main protein found in milk and other dairy products