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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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vitamin D deficiency
Health care; Diseases
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin D in the diet, insufficient production of vitamin D in the skin, inadequate absorption of vitamin D from the diet, or ...
vitamin E deficiency
Health care; Diseases
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of vitamin E in the diet, characterized by posterior column and spinocerebellar tract abnormalities, areflexia, ophthalmoplegia, ...
Alexander disease
Health care; Diseases
A rare inherited disorder of myelin formation. Alexander disease is a progressive leukencephalopathy whose hallmark is the widespread accumulation of cytoplasmic inclusions called ...
hemangiosarcoma
Health care; Diseases
A rare malignant neoplasm characterized by rapidly proliferating, extensively infiltrating, anaplastic cells derived from blood vessels and lining irregular blood-filled or lumpy ...
Canavan disease
Health care; Diseases
A rare neurodegenerative condition of infancy or childhood characterized by white matter vacuolization and demeylination that gives rise to a spongy appearance. Aspartoacylase ...
Isaacs syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A rare neuromuscular disorder with onset usually in late childhood or early adulthood, characterized by intermittent or continuous widespread involuntary muscle contractions; ...
glomus tympanicum tumor
Health care; Diseases
A rare paraganglioma involving the glomus tympanicum, a collection of chemoreceptor tissue adjacent to the tympanic cavity. It can cause tinnitus and conductive hearing loss ...
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