Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Active immunities

Medical; Medicine

Resistance to a disease agent resulting from the production of specific antibodies by the host, either after exposure to the disease or after vaccination.

Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitides

Medical; Medicine

A fulminant and often fatal demyelinating disease of the brain which primarily affects young adults and children. Clinical features include the rapid onset of weakness, seizures, and coma. It may ...

Acute hepatic failure

Medical; Medicine

A form of rapid-onset liver failure, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of hepatocytes. It is characterised by sudden development of liver ...

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

A highly contagious disease characterised by subconjunctival hemorrhage, sudden swelling of the eyelids and congestion, redness, and pain in the eye. Epidemic conjunctivitis caused by enterovirus 70 ...