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Ductal carcinoma in situ
See: DCIS
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- Dermatitis, atopic A skin disease characterized by areas of severe itching, redness, scaling, and loss of the surface of the…
- CFTR Cystic fibrosis conductance regulator. Mutations in the gene for CFTR are responsible for cystic fibrosis…
- Achillobursitis Pain due to inflammation of the bursa associated with the Achilles tendon. . The Achilles tendon is one of…
- Headache, hypnic See: Hypnic headache
- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- Allopathic medicine The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Dibenzoxazepine A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Dermatologic Having to do with the skin
- G protein These molecules have been described as 'biological traffic lights.' Located inside the cell, G proteins are…
- Forestier disease A form of degenerative arthritis characteristically associated with flowing calcification along the sides of…