Also Called H Influenzae Represents a group of bacteria that may cause different types of infections in infants and children H influenzae most commonly causes ear, eye, or sinus infections, and pneumo...
The time required for half of the original amount of a drug to be eliminated from the body, or for a drug to decrease to half its original concentration in the blood
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection caused by a strain of Coxsackie virus It causes a blister-like rash that, as the name implies, involves the hands, feet and mouth. Symptoms of fever, ...
Rubeola; Rubeola; The measle, a disease attended with inflammatory fever, dry cough, sneezing, drowsiness, and an eruption of small red points, perceptible by the touch
Cobalt Lung or Tungsten Carbide Disease; A pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of fine particles of cobalt, usually in conjunction with tungsten carbide In early stages reversible hyperplasia and meta...
Induration; The hardening of a normally soft tissue or organ, especially the skin, because of inflammation, infiltration of a neoplasm, or an accumulation of blood
Farmer'S Lung; A type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, characterized by breathlessness with cyanosis or with a dry cough, anorexia, and weight loss It is most of...
Mercurial tremor; Workers in mercury, such as water-gilders, looking-glass makers, and the makers of barometers and thermometers, are apt to suffer from a peculiar form of shaking palsy, known as the ...
Hay Asthma; An allergic condition affecting the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes, most often characterized by nasal discharge, sneezing, and itchy, watery eyes and usually ...
Pain or discomfort in the head or face area Headaches can be single or recurrent in nature, and localized to one or more areas of the head and face also called cephalalgia
Also known as a myocardial infarction is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot. If blood flow is not restored within 20 to 40 minutes, irreversible de...
An esophageal symptom consisting of a retrosternal sensation of warmth or burning occurring in waves and tending to rise upward toward the neck; it may be accompanied by a reflux of fluid into the mou...
A serious febrile disease of sheep, goats, and cattle that is caused by Cowdria (C ruminantium) transmitted by a bont tick (Amblyomma hebraeum) called also heartwater disease, heartwater fever
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