20 Terms
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Diseases
Diffuse small cleaved-cell lymphoma
Health care; Diseases
An intermediate-grade malignant lymphoma in which the neoplastic cells (B-lymphocytes) exhibit variability in size, configuration, and degree of differentiation. The cells are irregular in shape and ...
Intervertebral disc displacement
Health care; Diseases
An intervertebral disc in which the nucleus pulposus has protruded through surrounding fibrocartilage. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region.
African horse sickness
Health care; Diseases
An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterised by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edoema of the head and neck.
Trench fever
Health care; Diseases
An intermittent fever characterised by intervals of chills, fever, and splenomegaly each of which may last as long as 40 hours. It is caused by bartonella quintana and transmitted by the human louse.
Sunburn
Health care; Diseases
An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
Pruritus
Health care; Diseases
An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.
Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis
Health care; Diseases
Any autoimmune animal disease model used in the study of myasthenia gravis. Injection with purified neuromuscular junction acetylcholine receptor (AChR) (see cholinergic receptors) components results ...
