Dilation of the pupil of the eye, especially when excessive or prolonged, usually as a result of trauma, a medical disorder, or a drug. [Latinmydriāsis, from Greekmudriāsis, perhaps frommudros,red-hot mass of metal in a forge(in reference to the more brilliant appearance of the dilated...
Medical Encyclopedia trich·i·no·sis (trĭk′ə-nō′sĭs) n. A disease caused by eating raw or undercooked meat, usually pork, that contains trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain,...
Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Encyclopedia. Graphic Thesaurus 🔍 Display ON Animation ON Legend Synonym Antonym Related </>embed</> infestationinfectionbilharziasisbilharziaschistosom... noun Synonyms for schistosomiasis nounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a ...
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The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the second highest burden in terms of ascariasis, leprosy and visceral leishmaniasis, and the third highest burden of hookworm... K Deribe,K Meribo,T Gebre...
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If a medicine causes your pupils to dilate, they should go back to normal once the drug wears off. Try to avoid the drug in the future if you can. If you need themedicationfor a health problem, ask your doctor if there’s a different drug you can try that won’t affect your eyes...
Abdominal ultrasound plays an important role in diagnosis and therapeutic surveillance. We report the case of a 35-year-old Malagasy woman with an acute cholangitis secondary to ascariasis and complicated by liver abscesses and its course to full recovery under medical treatme...
Schistosomiasis shows some peculiar difficulties in terms of differential diagnosis from the bowel inflammatory chronic disease, as the two disorders may show similar colonoscopic patterns.Since this infection has recently increased its prevalence worldwide, it was considered in the differential diagnosis of...
Also found in: Medical. loiasis[‚lȯi′ā·səs] (medicine) A filariasis of tropical Africa, caused by the filaria Loa, and characterized by diurnal periodicity of microfilariae in the blood, and transient cutaneous swelling caused by migrating adult worms. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of...