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SAPHO syndrome
SAPHO syndrome: SAPHO syndrome is an eponym for a condition which is characterized by a combination of: > >Synovitis -- inflammation of the joint lining (synovium), typically manifest as warmth, tenderness, pain, swelling, and stiffness of…
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- Adult respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Plodia interpunctella See: Meal moth
- Air bag A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Endocrinology The study of hormones, their receptors, the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke, and the diseases…
- Acellular Not made up of cells or divided into cells. Or lacking intact cells as, for example, an acellular vaccine…
- Vertigo, recurrent aural A condition, also known as Meniere's disease, with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears…
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa The versatile 'blue-green pus bacteria' that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are…
- Cell therapy Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Hormone, follicle-stimulating (FSH) A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that controls estrogen production by the ovaries
- Sub- Prefix meaning meaning under, below, less than normal, secondary, less than fully. As in subacute, subaortic…