Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
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Scarlatina
Scarlatina: Also called scarlet fever, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat.
The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is short, typically 72 hours but may range from 1 t...
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Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever: Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a small proportion of people with strep throat.
The incubation period between contracting strep and the onset of scarlet fever is short, typically 72 hours but may range from 1 t...
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SCFE
SCFE: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
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Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude: Pleasure from the misfortune of others. The word entered English in 1895 from the German "Schade", harm, + "Freude," joy = joy (over) harm (suffered by another)....
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Schedules, Gesell Developmental
Schedules, Gesell Developmental: A measure of child development devised by the American child psychologist and pediatrician Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) who founded the Clinic of Child Development at Yale in 1911 and directed it for many years. There he pioneered the use of motion-picture cameras to st...
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Scheuermann's disease
Scheuermann's disease: A skeletal disease
that usually begins in adolescence, and results in a
hunched back. Treatment with casting and a back brace is
successful if undertaken early. Also known as juvenile
kyphosis, curvature of the spine.
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Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosoma haematobium: A species of trematode worm
that parasitizes humans and causes urinary tract disease. See Schistosomiasis....
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Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma japonicum: A species of trematode worm that
parasitizes humans and that (like S. mansoni) causes liver and gastrointestinal tract
disease. See Schistosomiasis....
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Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma mansoni: A species of trematode worm that
parasitizes humans and that (like S. japonicum) causes liver and gastrointestinal tract
disease. See Schistosomiasis. ...
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Schistosome
Schistosome: A parasitic trematode worm contracted from infested water that is capable of causing
liver,
gastrointestinal tract and bladder disease.
There are three main species of these trematode worms (flukes) -- Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma japonicum, and Schistosoma mansoni -- that pro...
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis: Diseases of liver, gastrointestinal
tract and bladder caused by schistosomes, trematode worms that parasitize people. Infection is from infested water.
There are three main species of these trematode worms (flukes) --Schistosoma haematobium, S. japonicum, and S. mansoni -- that ca...
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Schizencephaly
Schizencephaly: A developmental disorder of the brain characterized by abnormal slits, or clefts, in the cerebral hemispheres. Schizencephaly is a form of porencephaly.
Individuals with clefts in both hemispheres, or bilateral clefts, are often developmentally delayed and have delayed speech and l...
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Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder: A mood disorder
that is coupled with some symptoms resembling those of
schizophrenia, particularly loss of personality (flat
affect) and/or social withdrawal.
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Schizoid
Schizoid: Having symptoms similar to those of
schizophrenia. See schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: One of several brain diseases whose symptoms that may include loss of personality (flat affect), agitation, catatonia, confusion, psychosis, unusual behavior, and withdrawal. The illness usually begins in early adulthood.
The causes of schizophrenia are not yet fully known. Schizoph...
