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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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Acute biphenotypic leukaemia

Medical; Medicine

An acute leukaemia exhibiting cell features characteristic of both the myeloid and lymphoid lineages and probably arising from multipotent stem cells.

Acute coronary syndrome

Medical; Medicine

An episode of myocardial ischemia that generally lasts longer than a transient anginal episode that ultimately may lead to myocardial infarction.

Acute disease

Medical; Medicine

Disease having a short and relatively severe course.

Leukoencephalitis acuta hemorrhagica

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 ...

Fulminating liver 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 ...

A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with streptococcus pyogenes. It is characterised by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the ...

Transcription factor ap 1

Medical; Medicine

A multiprotein complex composed of the products of c-jun and c-fos proto-oncogenes. These proteins must dimerize in order to bind to the AP-1 recognition site, also known as the TPA-responsive ...