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A swollen knee joint occurring in congenital syphilis [Described 1886. After Henry Hugh Clutton (1850-1909), surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, UK.] A swollen joint, usually the knee, caused by inflammation of the synovial membranes due to congenital syphilis. Arthritis of the knee, seen in conjunction with keratitis in congenital syphilis.  

A headache which occurs behind one eye for a short period.  

Referring to liquid which is not transparent but which has an opaque substance in it.  

The disturbed sediment in a liquid.  

The time taken for blood to coagulate under usual conditions. Time required for blood to clot, usually determined by observing clot formation in a small sample of blood, used to diagnose some clotting disorders and to monitor anticoagulant drug therapy. The duration required for blood coagulation is determined through laboratory examinations, wherein a blood sample…

Substances in plasma, called Factor I, Factor II, and so on, which act one after the other to make the blood coagulate when a blood vessel is damaged. Commonly referred to as coagulation factors, these are proteins present in the plasma that play a crucial role in initiating different stages of the blood clotting mechanism…

A soft mass of coagulated blood in a vein or an artery. Clump of material formed out of the contents of a fluid, as of blood. The term applied to any semi-solid mass of blood, lymph or other body fluid. Clotting in the blood is due to the formation of strings of fibrin produced by…

To become covered with new tissue as part of the healing process. To fix together the sides of a wound after surgery to allow healing to take place.  

A liver condition, common in the Far East, caused by the fluke Clonorchis sinensis. A condition caused by the presence of the fluke Clonorchis sinensis in the bile ducts. The infection, common in the Far East, is acquired through eating  undercooked, salted, or pickled freshwater fish harboring the larval stage of the parasite. Symptoms include…

Spasms which recur regularly. Intermittent contractions and relaxation of muscles. A variety of spasm where the involved muscle experiences swift alternations between contraction and relaxation.