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Rickets, renal
Rickets-like bone malformations caused by prolonged inflammation of the kidneys
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- Crypto Popular name for both the parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, and the disease it causes, cryptosporidiosis
- Marker, blood A sign of a disease or condition that can be isolated from a blood sample. For example, the monoclonal…
- Feedback Many biologic processes are controlled by feedback, just as the temperature in a home from a furnace is…
- Chronic fatigue syndrome See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Idiopathic Of unknown cause. Any disease that is of uncertain or unknown origin may be termed idiopathic. For example…
- Collarbone A horizontal bone above the first rib that makes up the front part of the shoulder. The collarbone, also…
- Dark adaptometry A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the period of time which passes before the…
- Shock syndrome, dengue A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Natural menopause Menopause: Natural menopause occurs when the ovaries naturally decrease their production of the sex hormones…