Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

A thrombo-obliterative process of the great vessels stemming from the aortic arch, occurring generally in young women. Radial and carotid pulses are typically obliterated. Skin changes are due to the ...

follicular papillary carcinoma

Health care; Diseases

A thyroid neoplasm of mixed papillary and follicular arrangement. Its biological behavior and prognosis is the same as that of a papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid.

ehrlichiosis

Health care; Diseases

A tick-borne disease characterized by fever; headache, myalgias, anorexia, and occasionally rash. It is caused by several bacterial species and can produce disease in dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, ...

heartwater disease

Health care; Diseases

A tick-borne septicemic disease of domestic and wild ruminants caused by ehrlichia ruminantium.

nonvital tooth

Health care; Diseases

A tooth from which the dental pulp has been removed or is necrotic.

impacted tooth

Health care; Diseases

A tooth that is prevented from erupting by a physical barrier, usually other teeth. Impaction may also result from orientation of the tooth in an other than vertical position in the periodontal ...

tooth demineralization

Health care; Diseases

A tooth's loss of minerals, such as calcium in hydroxyapatite from the tooth matrix, caused by acidic exposure. An example of the occurrence of demineralization is in the formation of dental caries.