Category: E

The disodium salt of ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid. A chelating agent, it is used in diagnosing and treating lead poisoning. Trade names are Calcium Disodium Versenate and Versene CA. A chemical substance employed for the purpose of eliminating excessive amounts of lead from the body.  

Edema in newborn, especially premature, infants. This condition is usually transitory, involving the hands, face, feet, and genitalia, and rarely becomes generalized.  

A form of edema affecting the bladder.  

Marked by or resembling eczema.  

Massive crops of vesicles that become pustular, occurring when herpes simplex virus infection occurs in a person, usually an infant, with pre-existing eczema.  

Dry, pinkish, ill-defined patches with itching and burning; slight swelling with tendency to spread and coalesce; branny scaling; roughness and dryness of skin. This type may become generalized.  

Congenital absence of one or more fingers; the remaining fingers are fused together.  

To complete or partial eversion of a part, generally the eyelid.  

Congenital absence of all or part of a digit.  

A parasitic animal that lives on the outside of another animal.