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Vitamin K deficiency is a form of avitaminosis resulting from insufficient vitamin K1 or vitamin K2 or both.

Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a worsening of the symptoms typically shortness of breath (dyspnea) edema and fatigue in a patient with existing heart disease. ADHF is a common […]

Myocardial infarction (from Latin: Infarctus myocardii MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the medical term for an event commonly known as a heart attack. It happens when blood stops […]

Gynecomastia /ˌɡaɪnɨkɵˈmæstiə/ is a common condition characterized by the benign enlargement of breast tissue in males. It may occur transiently in newborns. Half or more of adolescent boys have some […]

High anion gap metabolic acidosis is a form of metabolic acidosis characterized by a high anion gapThe list of agents that cause high anion gap metabolic acidosis is similar to […]

Generally a foul or unpleasant odor.In medical contexts fetor refers to an unpleasant odor emanating from an individual.Specific types include: fetor oris another term for halitosis fetor hepaticus uremic fetor […]

Pseudoporphyria (also known as Pseudoporphyria cutanea tarda) is a bullous photosensitivity that clinically and histologically mimics porphyria cutanea tarda. The difference is that no abnormalities in urine or serum porphyrin […]

FG syndrome (FGS; also known as Opitz–Kaveggia syndrome) is a rare genetic syndrome linked to the X chromosome and causing physical anomalies and developmental delays. First reported by Opitz and […]

Thelaziasis (occasionally spelled thelaziosis) is the term for infestation with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia. The adults of all Thelazia species discovered so far inhabit the eyes and associated […]

Urbach–Wiethe disease (also known as lipoid proteinosis and hyalinosis cutis et mucosae) is a rare recessive genetic disorder with fewer than 300 reported cases since its discovery. It was first […]