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Genito-urinary
Relating to the genital and the urinary organs or functions.
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Fumigate
Applying smoke or vapor to affected part. To kill insects in an area by using gas or smoke.
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Fibrositis
Inflammation of fibrous tissue. A painful inflammation of the fibrous tissue which surrounds muscles and joints, especially the muscles of the back. Inflammation of fibrous connective tissue, especially an acute inflammation of back muscles and their sheaths, causing pain and stiffness. Pain, muscular stiffness and inflammation affecting the soft tissues of the arms, legs and…
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Exanthema
A disease accompanied by eruptions of the skin, such as measles or scarlet fever. Skin eruption (rash). Any contagious disease characterized by skin eruption. Any disease that includes fever and skin eruptions, such as measles. This refers to a skin breakout or rash, or a medical condition where such a breakout or rash is a…
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Evacuant
A medicine or purgative that empties an organ, especially the bowel. A medicine which makes a person have a bowel movement. A drug that stimulates the bowels to move. A laxative. The act of evacuating an organ; a laxative that facilitates bowel emptying.
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Estrogenic effect
The effect of female steroidal hormones in promoting ovulation and secondary sexual characteristics.
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Erythrasma
A chronic contagious dermatitis caused by an actinomycete and affecting warm moist areas. A persistent bacterial skin infection occurring in a fold in the skin or where two skin surfaces touch, such as between the toes. It is caused by Corynebacterium. A chronic skin infection due to Corynebacterium minutissimum, occurring in such areas as the…
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Empacho
An infant disease resulting in diarrhea, pale stools, and sour vomit, attributed to diet of mother during pregnancy. A culture-based syndrome of gastrointestinal distress in infants and children ascribed to intestinal blockage, whose symptoms may include bloating, diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy. In some Latin American cultures, empacho is treated by a folk practitioner, who may…
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Dull
Not shining; lacking luster. Referring to pain which is not strong but which is continuously present. Not resonant on percussion.
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Doubly serrate
The serrations themselves serrate.
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