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MEDICAL TERMS
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• BACILLAEMIA: Bacteria in the blood.
• BACILLURIA: Bacteria in the urine.
• BALANITIS: Inflammation of the glans penis.
• BANTIS DISEASE: Enlarget apleen.
• BAYLES DISEASE: Severe form of neurosyphilis.
• BELLS PALSY: Paralysis of facial muscles resulted in distorted facial expression.
• BILE DUCTS: Carry bile form liver to intestine.
• BILIOUS ATTACK: Digestive disturbance.
• BIRTHMARK: Discolouration of the skin present at birth.
• BLEPHARITIS: Inflammation of the eyelids.
• BRIGHTS DISEASE: Disease of the kidney, associated with dropsy and albuminuria.
• BRITTLE BONE DISEASE: Condition where bones are very fragile and break easily
(also known as Osteogenesis.
• BRONCHIAL: Relating to the tubes in the lungs.
• BRONCHIECTASIS: Caracterised by localised irreversible dilation of part of the lung,
often referred to as obstructive lung disease).
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