Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
Medical Dictionary Definitions A - Z - «D»:
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Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID)
Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID): Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the most common and serious complication of sexually transmit...
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Disease, phytanic acid storage
Disease, phytanic acid storage: See Refsum disease....
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Disease, Pick
Disease, Pick: A form of dementia characterized
by a slowly progressive deterioration of social skills and changes in
personality leading to impairment of intellect, memory, and language.
Dementia can be defined as a loss of intellectual abilities
such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfe...
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Disease, Plummer's
Disease, Plummer's: Toxic multinodular goiter, a
condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are overactive
and produce excess thyroid hormones. This condition is also known as Parry's disease....
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Disease, polycystic kidney
Disease, polycystic kidney: See
Polycystic kidney disease....
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Disease, polycystic ovarian
Disease, polycystic ovarian: See:
Polycystic ovarian syndrome....
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Disease, polycystic ovary
Disease, polycystic ovary: See:
Polycystic ovarian syndrome....
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Disease, polygenic
Disease, polygenic: See Polygenic disease....
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Disease, pulseless
Disease, pulseless: See: Takayasu disease....
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Disease, Quincke's
Disease, Quincke's: This is angioneurotic edema
(or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin and fatty
tissues beneath the skin. Hereditary angioneurotic edema (or hereditary angioedema) is a
genetic form of angioedema. Persons with it are born lacking an inhibitor...
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Disease, Ramsay Hunt
Disease, Ramsay Hunt: See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome....
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Disease, Raynaud
Disease, Raynaud: A condition resulting in skin
discoloration of the fingers and/or toes when a person is exposed to
changes in temperature (cold or hot) or to emotional events. This
condition can occur alone or as a part of another disease (such as
rheumatoid arthritis). When the condition oc...
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Disease, Refsum
Disease, Refsum: See Refsum disease....
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Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber
Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber: See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia....
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Disease, rheumatic heart
Disease, rheumatic heart: Heart damage caused by
rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating
with heart drugs as needed....
