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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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dactylitis

Health care; Diseases

Also known as hand-foot syndrome, it is the painful swelling of hands or feet. It is caused by small blood vessels in the hands and feet being blocked by sickled red blood cells.

transient global amnesia

Health care; Diseases

Transient global amnesia is an episode of sudden memory loss where an individual's ability to recall memories or events disappears. During a transient global amnesiac episode, an ...

imbecile

Health care; Diseases

A condition due to slight or severe mental retardation.

Western Blot

Health care; Diseases

"The Western Blot is a highly efficient antibody screening test used to detect HIV proteins in the blood and confirm a positive ELISA test. It involves the opening of ...

human immunodeficiency virus

Health care; Diseases

A retrovirus that eventually causes the Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It attacks and destroys the body’s immune system by entering and destroying the cells that ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Health care; Diseases

Inflammatory Bowel Disease(IBD) refers to two chronic diseases that cause inflammation of the intestines probably as a result of an immune reaction of the body against it's own ...