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Paranychia
A frequent misspelling of Paronychia
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- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
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- Fornices Plural form of fornix
- RAST An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The aim with RAST, as with skin tests, is to check for allergic…
- FALDH deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Heart block A block in the conduction of the normal electrical impulses in the heart.
- Urogenital Relating to both the urinary system, and to the interior and exterior genitalia
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