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Leech therapy
The use of leeches in medical treatment. Once used as an almost universal cure, leeches were largely abandoned by medicine but in the second half of the 20th century refound a role. That role is largely in plastic and reconstructive…
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- Livedo reticularis A mottled purplish discoloration of the skin. Livedo reticularis can be a normal condition that is simply…
- Palpebral gland See: Meibomian gland
- Cauliflower ear Adding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Intraductal carcinoma Also called ductal carcinoma in situ. See: DCIS
- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Malleability, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Reye syndrome Reye syndrome: A sudden, sometimes fatal, disease of the brain (encephalopathy) with degeneration of the…
- Mono Popular name for infectious mononucleosis
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- Insufficiency, pulmonary See: Pulmonary insufficiency
- BCNS Basal cell nevus syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome