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Tumor, desmoid
See: Desmoid tumor
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- Rickets A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
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- CAD Coronary artery disease. CAD is a major cause of illness and death. It begins when hard cholesterol…
- Psychosis, ICU A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…
- Smallpox bioterrorism The misuse of smallpox as an agent of bioterrorism. Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. Routine vaccinations…
- Bacteremia The presence of live bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia is analogous to viremia (the presence of a virus…
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