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Health care
Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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retained placenta
Health care; Diseases
A placenta which is either adherent or incarcerated by irregular uterine contractions, and which in consequence fails to be expelled after birth.
tularemia
Health care; Diseases
A plague-like disease of rodents, transmissible to man. It is caused by francisella tularensis and is characterized by fever, chills, headache, backache, and weakness.
waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Health care; Diseases
A plasma cell dyscrasia resembling leukemia with cells of lymphocytic, plasmacytic, or intermediate morphology, which secrete an immunoglobulin M monoclonal component. There is ...
contagious pleuropneumonia
Health care; Diseases
A pleuropneumonia of cattle and goats caused by species of mycoplasma.
laryngeal granuloma
Health care; Diseases
A polypoid granulomatous projection into the lumen of the larynx.
adenomatous polyposis coli
Health care; Diseases
A polyposis syndrome due to an autosomal dominant mutation of the APC genes (APC genes) on chromosome 5. The syndrome is characterized by the development of hundreds of ...
environmental illness
Health care; Diseases
A polysymptomatic condition believed by clinical ecologists to result from immune dysregulation induced by common foods, allergens, and chemicals, resulting in various physical ...
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