| 1. | Eales disease | also known as angiopathia retinae juvenilis, periphlebitis retinae, primary perivasculitis of the retina, is an ocular disease characterized by inflammation and possible blockage of retinal More… 1.3 KB |
| 2. | Ebola | is the common term for a group of viruses belonging to genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, and for the disease that they cause, Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The virus is named after the Ebola More… 2.1 KB |
| 3. | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | A highly fatal, acute hemorrhagic fever, clinically very similar to MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE, caused by the EBOLA VIRUS, first occurring in the Sudan and adjacent northwestern (what was then) More… 0.4 KB |
| 4. | Ebsteins anomaly | is a congenital heart defect in which the opening of the tricuspid valve is displaced towards the apex of the right ventricle of the heart. The annulus of the valve is still in the More… 0.6 KB |
| 5. | Eclampsia | an acute and life-threatening complication of pregnancy, is characterized by the appearance of tonic-clonic seizures in a patient who had developed preeclampsia; rarely does eclampsia occur More… 2.8 KB |
| 6. | Ectodermal dysplasia | is not a single disorder, but a group of syndromes all deriving from abnormalities of the ectodermal structures. More than 150 different syndromes have been identified. Despite some of the More… 1.0 KB |
| 7. | Ectodermal dysplasia Ectrodactyly and Macular dystrophy syndrome | EEM syndrome is an autosomal recessive congenital malformation disorder affecting tissues associated with the ectoderm (skin, hair, nails, teeth), and also the hands, feet and eyes. EEM More… 1.6 KB |
| 8. | Ectopia | In medicine an ectopia is a displacement or malposition of an organ of the body. Most ectopias are congenital but some may happen later in life. + Ectopia+lentis is the displacement of the More… 1.2 KB |
| 9. | Ectopia cordis | is a birth defect in which the heart is abnormally located. In the most common form, the heart protrudes outside the chest through a split sternum. Less often the heart may be situated in More… 2.3 KB |
| 10. | Ectopia lentis | Ectopia lentis is a displacement or malposition of the eye's crystalline lens from its normal location. A partial dislocation of a lens is termed lens subluxation or subluxated lens; a More… 0.8 KB |
| 11. | Ectopic pregnancy | An ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the Fallopian tube More… 3.1 KB |
| 12. | Ectrodactyly | Commonly known as lobster claw syndrome, sometimes known as Karsch-Neugebauer syndrome, is a rare congenital deformity of the hand where the middle digit is missing, and the hand is cleft More… 0.6 KB |
| 13. | Edwards Syndrome | Edwards Syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. It is named after John H. Edwards, who first described the syndrome in 1960. It is More… 0.7 KB |
| 14. | Efficacy | Efficacy is the capacity to produce an effect. Efficacy measures this capacity under ideal conditions. It is these conditions that distinguish efficacy from the related concept of More… 0.3 KB |
| 15. | Effusion | EFFUSION. In surgery it means the escape of any fluid out of the vessel, or viscus, naturally containing it, and its lodgment in another cavity, in the cellular substance, or in the More… 0.4 KB |
| 16. | Egg allergy | is a type of food allergy. It is a hypersensitivity to dietary substances from the yolk or whites of eggs, causing an overreaction of the immune system which may lead to severe physical More… 0.8 KB |
| 17. | Ehlers Danlos syndrome | (EDS) (also known as "Cutis hyperelastica," "Elastic skin," "India rubber skin") is a group of rare genetic disorders affecting humans caused by a defect in More… 1.9 KB |
| 18. | Ehrlichiosis | is a bacterial infection that infects and kills white blood cells. These obligately intracellular bacteria are members of the family Anaplasmataceae, genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma. Five More… 0.7 KB |
| 19. | Eicosapentaenoic acid | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA or also icosapentaenoic acid) is an omega-3 fatty acid. In physiological literature, it is given the name (n-3). It also has the trivial name timnodonic acid. In More… 1.8 KB |
| 20. | Elevation | is the act of raising or lifting a body part, such as raising the ribs when breathing in. See also: Muscle insertion, Muscle origin, Plantar flexion, Dorsiflexion, Pronation, Levator, More… 0.6 KB |
