See Also: sump syndrome(medicine)
East Coast(dictionary)
East Coast fever(medicine)
EAST COAST Minerals NL(finance)
Dorset and East Devon Coast(tourism)
East Coast Meicare Centre(health)
East Coast Line - General(gambling)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
sump(dictionary)
sump'n(dictionary)

East Coast fever (medicine) and sump syndrome (medicine)


East Coast fever (medicine)


East Coast fever


A serious disease of cattle in eastern and central Africa, caused by the protozoan Theileria parva and characterised by high fever, swelling of the lymph nodes, and high case fatality; transmitted by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Other ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus.


sump syndrome (medicine)


sump syndrome
<syndrome> A complication of side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy in which the lower end of the common bile duct at times acts as a diverticulum, resulting in stasis, trapping of Food particles, and infection.