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Dracunculiasis
A parasitic disease caused by the largest parasite that plagues people and bores into their tissues -- the guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis. Dracunculiasis is also called guinea worm disease and end-of-the-road disease because it is not…
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Show more- Tuberculosis, antibiotic-resistant A variant of tuberculosis (TB) that is not affected by one or more of the antibiotics normally used to treat…
- Bladder cancer risks Smoking is a major risk factor. Cigarette smokers develop bladder cancer 2-3 times more often than do…
- Rheumatic fever An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a 'strep throat') or scarlet fever and…
- Ponto- Pertaining to the pons, a structure in the brain
- PAD Peripheral artery disease
- Polio vaccine, oral A vaccine that contains live attenuated (weakened) poliovirus. Abbreviated OPV. Also referred to as polio…
- Extradural hematoma See: Epidural hematoma
- Biopsy The removal of a sample of tissue for purposes of diagnosis. (Many definitions of 'biopsy' stipulate that the…
- Disease, Still See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- HNPCC Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Skull The skull is a collection of bones which encase the brain and give form to the head and face. The bones of…
- Arrhythmias, rapid Abnormally rapid heart rhythms, medically termed tachycardia