11 Terms
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Diseases
Toxaemia
Health care; Diseases
A generalised intoxication produced by toxins and other substances elaborated by an infectious agent.
Status epilepticus
Health care; Diseases
A prolonged seizure or seizures repeated frequently enough to prevent recovery between episodes occurring over a period of 20-30 minutes. The most common subtype is generalised tonic-clonic status ...
Malaria
Health care; Diseases
A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the genus plasmodium (P. falciparum (falciparum malaria); P. vivax (vivax malaria); P. ovale, and P. malariae) and transmitted by the bite of ...
Parkinson disease
Health care; Diseases
A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterised by a tremor that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary ...
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Health care; Diseases
A pulmonary disease in humans occurring in immunodeficient or malnourished patients or infants, characterised by dyspnea, tachypnea, and hypoxemia. Pneumocystis pneumonia is a frequently seen ...
Leukaemia
Health care; Diseases
A progressive, malignant disease of the blood-forming organs, characterised by distorted proliferation and development of leukocytes and their precursors in the blood and bone marrow. It is ...
Pulmonary plasma cell granuloma
Health care; Diseases
A pseudotumor of the lung composed of inflammatory cells and showing complete maturity of fibroblastic components with a striking lack of mitosis. It is also called postinflammatory pseudotumor and ...
