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Lichtenberg figures
A fern-leaf pattern of reddish, painless marks on the skin that are a result of a skin reaction to a lightening strike. The pattern typically vanishes in a few hours or days. Lichtenberg figures are named after Georg Christoph Lichtenberg…
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- Biotin A water-soluble B-complex vitamin involved in carbon dioxide transfer and therefore essential to the…
- Ear cleaning (by a doctor) When so much wax accumulates that it blocks the ear canal (and hearing), your physician may have to wash it…
- Blister, water See: Water blister
- Bogorad's syndrome Named after the Russian neuropathologist who described the syndrome of crocodile tears. See: Crocodile tears…
- Disorder, borderline personality A serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships…
- Paterson-Kelly syndrome See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Macrovascular Pertaining to the macrovasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body comprising the larger vessels…
- Follicular cyst of the ovary A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Cystic hernia See: Cystocele
- Atresia Absence of a normal opening or failure of a structure to be tubular. Atresia can affect many structures in…
- Stent, medicated See: Coated stent