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Heberden disease
>Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. >Osteoarthritis of the small joints with nodules (Heberden nodes) in and about the last joint of the finger. Both…
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- Biliary sludge A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile that occurs when particles of material precipitate from…
- Natural immunity Immunity that is naturally existing, Natural immunity does not require prior sensitization to an antigen…
- Homeostasis A property of cells, tissues, and organisms that allows the maintenance and regulation of the stability and…
- Hospital-acquired infection An infection caught while hospitalized. The medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is 'nosocomial.'…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 7 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the DJ1…
- Atlas and axis joint The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…
- Palm The grasping side of the hand; the flexor surface of the hand. In contrast to the back of the hand, the…
- Quintox Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Toxic goiter, diffuse Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- Aarskog syndrome See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Smell, inability to No sense of smell is called anosmia. It can be due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to…