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Traumatic alopecia
Hair loss caused by injury to the scalp. Traumatic alopecia is usually caused by grooming methods that attempt to straighten the natural kinkiness of hair in order to make the hair more manageable. It is a result of stress traction injury…
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Show more- Rate, basal metabolic A measure of the rate of metabolism. For example, someone with an overly active thyroid will have an elevated…
- Willis, circle of A cancer of the kidney and one of the most important malignancies in childhood, due to loss or inactivation…
- Penicillin-resistant bacteria Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin. Such organisms can sometimes be killed using sulfa drugs…
- Foot, athlete A skin infection caused by a fungus called Trichophyton which can thrive and infect the upper layer of the…
- Tibia vara Improper growth of the tibia in the leg, causing bowlegs or other leg problems. The tibia may bow anteriorly…
- Caenorhabditis elegans genome See: C. elegans genome
- Glucose tolerance, impaired See: Impaired glucose tolerance
- Large bowel Another name for the large intestine. The word 'bowel' originated from the Latin 'botulus' meaning 'sausage.'
- Primum non nocere The Latin words for medical slogan 'First do no harm,' a fundamental medical precept of Hippocrates (ca…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Dura mater Literally, hard mother (in Latin). The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes…
- Traveler's diarrhea Traveler's diarrhea: Diarrhea that results from infections acquired while traveling to another country. Among…