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  • 51acute myeloid leukemia — AML. A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called AML, acute myelogenous leukemia, and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia …

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  • 52acute nonlymphocytic leukemia — A quickly progressing disease in which too many immature white blood cells (not lymphocytes) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute myelogenous leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, and AML …

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  • 53Acute fatty liver of pregnancy — Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) typically occurs in first time pregnancies in the last trimester. AFLP causes nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain especially in the upper abdomen… …

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  • 54Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) — This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and spirochetes)… …

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  • 55Acute-phase proteins — Proteins whose plasma concentrations increase (or decrease) by 25% or more during certain inflammatory disorders. Perhaps the best known of acute phase proteins is C reactive protein (CRP). CRP is a plasma protein that rises in the blood with the …

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  • 56acute — (1) Sharp or pointed. (2) Of diseases; coming rapidly to a crisis not persistent (chronic) …

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  • 57acute confusional migraine — a rare variant of classic migraine occurring in children, marked by attacks of confusion and disorientation, with agitation manifested as a mixture of apprehension and combativeness; headache may not appear at first but always develops eventually …

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  • 58acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy — a rare subtype of Guillain Barrй syndrome involving primarily large sensory nerve fibers in the limbs, with paresthesias and weakness but not paralysis …

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  • 59acute — a. 1. Sharp, pointed, acuminate, cuspidate. 2. Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear sighted, sharp witted, long headed. 3. Severe,… …

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  • 60acute — Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic …

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