Glanders Glanders, also called quinia, malleus, droes or farcy, is a highly contagious and often fatal infectious disease that can pass from animals to humans

What is tropical ulcer Tropical ulcer also called phagedenic ulcer is a painful, rapidly enlarging ulcer that is usually found on legs of an individual

What is Buruli ulcer Buruli ulcer is also called Bairnsdale ulcer, Searles ulcer, Daintree ulcer, and Sik-belonga-sepik, is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium

What is Triploidy Triploidy also called triploid syndrome, triploidy syndrome or chromosome triploidy syndrome is a medical term to describe is a rare chromosomal abnormality where

Hyaline membrane disease Hyaline membrane disease (HMD) also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) or surfactant deficiency

Meconium aspiration syndrome Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) refers to serious breathing problems that a newborn baby may have when ((Sayad E, Silva-Carmona M. Meconium Aspiration.

Intrauterine growth restriction Intrauterine growth restriction also called IUGR, fetal growth restriction or Small-for-Gestational-Age (SGA), has been defined in several ways, but in general IUGR describes

Pulmonary hypertension in newborns Pulmonary hypertension in newborns also called persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a potentially life-threatening condition where a baby's blood

Pulmonary hypoplasia Pulmonary hypoplasia also called lung hypoplasia refers to deficient or incomplete development of parts of the lung, which can be unilateral or bilateral

What is meconium aspiration Meconium aspiration occurs when a baby breathes in amniotic fluid containing meconium (the baby's first stools, a dark, thick substance that

Chorioamnionitis Chorioamnionitis is an intraamniotic inflammation or infection of the amniotic fluid, placenta, fetus, fetal membranes (amnion and chorion membranes) that surround the amniotic fluid and

Pulmonary arterial hypertension Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare serious progressive (meaning it gets worse over time) condition characterized by abnormally high blood pressure