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Aural vertigo, recurrent
A condition, also known as Meniere's disease, with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and deafness. Symptoms include vertigo, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of hearing (in the affected ear), and abnormal eye…
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Show more- Quater in die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qid (or q.i.d.) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation…
- Shprintzen syndrome See: Velocardiofacial syndrome
- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Livedo reticularis A mottled purplish discoloration of the skin. Livedo reticularis can be a normal condition that is simply…
- Postpartum psychosis A very serious mental illness that can affect a new mother. The episode of psychosis usually begins within 1…
- AML1 Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1
- Anvil The incus
- Retinitis pigmentosa Any one of a large group of inherited disorders in which abnormalities of the photoreceptors (the rods and…
- Phenomenon, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Myeloperoxidase deficiency Deficiency of the enzyme myeloperoxidase which may predispose to severe fungal infections. The enzyme is…
- Epidermis The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. The epidermis is mostly made…
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitor One of a potent class of medications used to treat depression. Abbreviated MAOI.