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Pork tapeworm
Taenia solium
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Show more- Reperfusion The restoration of blood flow to an organ or tissue. After a heart attack, an immediate goal is to quickly…
- DRRS See: Okihiro syndrome
- Gingivitis, phagedenic This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino type See: Achondrogenesis type II
- ALS6 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6
- Babinski reflex An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot…
- PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate (or reduce) the need for…
- Pseudoexfoliation syndrome An eye condition that often leads to glaucoma. Called the pseudoexfoliation syndrome because deposits on the…
- Syndrome, Lennox See: Lennox syndrome
- Advance directives These directives pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the…
- Cholangiogram A radiologic procedure used to look at the gallbladder and bile ducts. See also: Intravenous cholangiogram.
- VATER association A nonrandom association of birth defects. VATER is an mnemonic in which the letters V, A, T, E, and R each…