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Mohs surgery
Mohs surgery: A special type of surgery used for the treatment of skin cancer, especially basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. The purpose of Mohs surgery is to remove all of the cancerous tissue and as little of the healthy…
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- Baker cyst Baker cyst: A swelling in the space behind the knee (the popliteal space) composed of a membrane-lined sac…
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…
- Tarantismo A neurological syndrome characterized by repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements caused by the…
- Word blindness A neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to read or understand the written word. Word…
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- Sweats, night Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats have many possible…
- Wart Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a…
- Spinal cord injury Spinal cord injury: Trauma or damage to the spinal cord, the major column of nerve tissue that is connected…