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Constriction of a bronchus or bronchi, also known as bronchospasm.  

Inflammation of the lymph nodes in the chest.  

The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain publishes a book as a voluntary service for drug manufacturers, pharmacists, and doctors. This book establishes purity standards for drugs and contains articles about their proper dosage and usage.  

A type of skin inflammation resulting from irritation caused by mortar and cement.  

A medical condition characterized by intense headaches, elevated body temperature, and vomiting is primarily observed during the winter and spring months. Modern antibiotics have significantly reduced the duration and severity of this illness, as well as largely eliminated the severe complications that were once common. This condition is also known as cerebrospinal meningitis or cerebrospinal…

A disease caused by rickettsia bacteria, transmitted to humans through a dog tick and commonly found along the Mediterranean coast. It shares many symptoms with typhoid fever.  

The upper portion of the leg features the femur, or thigh bone, which fits into the pelvis at its top end and helps form the knee joint at its lower end. In front of the knee joint is the patella, commonly known as the kneecap. Below the knee are the tibia, or shinbone, and the…

The true pelvis is made up of two halves, each formed by an innominate bone. Above these are the two ilium bones, also known as the wing or hip bones. The pelvis’s rear part consists of the sacrum, which is created by the fusion of five sacral vertebrae. The front part, the pubis, is formed…