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Osteochondritis is a painful type of osteochondrosis where the cartilage or bone in a joint is inflamed.It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (sometimes spelt dessecans and abbreviated OCD).

Phonophobia (from Greek φωνή – phōnē sound and φόβος – phobos fear also called ligyrophobia or sonophobia) is a fear of loud sounds. It can also mean a fear of […]

Nodular melanoma (NM) is the most aggressive form of melanoma. It tends to grow more rapidly in thickness (penetrate the skin) than in diameter. Instead of arising from a pre-existing […]

A bee sting is strictly a sting from a bee (honey bee bumblebee sweat bee etc.). In the vernacular it can mean a sting of a bee wasp hornet or […]

Onycholysis refers to the detachment of the nail from the nail bed starting at its distal and/or lateral attachment. It is said to occur particularly on the ring finger but […]

Yersiniosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Yersinia. In the United States most yersiniosis infections among humans are caused by Y. enterocolitica. Yersiniosis is mentioned […]

Morton’s neuroma (also known as Morton’s metatarsalgia Morton’s neuralgia plantar neuroma and intermetatarsal neuroma) is a benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve most commonly of the second and third […]

Craniopharyngioma is a type of brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic tissue that occurs most commonly in children but also in men and women in their 50s and 60s. […]

A VIPoma (also known as Verner Morrison syndrome after the physicians who first described it) is a rare (1 per 10000000 per year) endocrine tumor usually (about 90%) originating from […]

Macroglobulinemia is the presence of increased levels of macroglobulins in the circulating blood.It is a Plasma cell dyscrasia resembling leukemia with cells of lymphocytic plasmacytic or intermediate morphology which secrete […]