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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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neuroaxonal dystrophies
Health care; Diseases
A nonspecific term referring both to the pathologic finding of swelling of distal portions of axons in the brain and to disorders which feature this finding. Neuroaxonal dystrophy ...
amblyopia
Health care; Diseases
A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblopia is a ...
leg dermatoses
Health care; Diseases
A nonspecific term used to denote any cutaneous lesion or group of lesions, or eruptions of any type on the leg.
brain concussion
Health care; Diseases
A nonspecific term used to describe transient alterations or loss of consciousness following closed head injuries. The duration of unconsciousness generally lasts a few seconds, ...
mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
Health care; Diseases
A nontuberculous infection when occurring in humans. It is characterized by pulmonary disease, lymphadenitis in children, and systemic disease in AIDS patients. Mycobacterium ...
unerupted tooth
Health care; Diseases
A normal developing tooth which has not yet perforated the oral mucosa or one that fails to erupt in the normal sequence or time interval expected for the type of tooth in a given ...
gonadal dysgenesis
Health care; Diseases
A number of syndromes with defective gonadal developments such as streak gonads and dysgenetic testes. The spectrum of gonadal and sexual abnormalities is reflected in their ...
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