20 Terms
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Diseases
abduction
Health care; Diseases
In medicine, the movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.
avulsion fracture
Health care; Diseases
An avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma.
rheumatism
Health care; Diseases
Rheumatism describes any of a number of painful conditions of muscles, tendons, joints and bones.
anthrax
Health care; Diseases
An often-lethal disease caused by coming into contact with spores of the soil-borne bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The disease has been much reduced in the wild due to successful vaccination programs ...
acute radiation syndrome
Health care; Diseases
Acute radiation syndrome, also known as radiation poisoning, radiation sickness or radiation toxicity, is a constellation of health effects which occur within several months of exposure to high ...
adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A rare AIDS like autoimmune disease that causes a person to produce antibodies that attack his or her own immune system. The human body regularly makes molecules and proteins to tell different immune ...
