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Arbovirus is a term used to refer to a group of viruses that are transmitted by arthropod vectors. The word arbovirus is an acronym (ARthropod-BOrne virus). Symptoms of arbovirus infection […]

Not to be confused with anorexia.Anorectal anomalies are medical problems affecting the structure of the anus and rectum. A person with an anorectal problem would have some sort of deformative […]

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) also known as chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia in adults. Leukemias are cancers of the white blood cells (leukocytes). […]

Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle (myocardium).Myocarditis is most often due to infection by common viruses such as parvovirus B19 less commonly nonviral pathogens such as Borrelia […]

Septic shock is a medical condition as a result of severe infection and sepsis though the microbe may be systemic or localized to a particular site. It can cause multiple […]

An air embolism or more generally gas embolism is a pathological condition caused by a gas bubble or bubbles in a vascular system although an embolism in a medical context […]

Granuloma (plural granulomas or granulomata) is an inflammation found in many diseases. It is a collection of immune cells known as macrophages. Granulomas form when the immune system attempts to […]

Cyclopia (also cyclocephaly or synophthalmia) is a rare form of holoprosencephaly and is a congenital disorder (birth defect) characterized by the failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to properly divide the […]

Encopresis (from the Ancient Greek ἐγκόπρησις / egkóprēsis also known as paradoxical diarrhea) is voluntary or involuntary fecal soiling in children who have usually already been toilet trained. Persons with […]

Rh disease (also known as Rhesus isoimmunisation Rh (D) disease Rhesus incompatibility Rhesus disease RhD Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Rhesus D Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn or RhD HDN) […]