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Corticosteroid and Epiglottitis

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Corticosteroid and Epiglottitis

Corticosteroid vs. Epiglottitis

Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones. Epiglottitis is inflammation of the epiglottis—the flap at the base of the tongue that keeps food from going into the trachea (windpipe).

Similarities between Corticosteroid and Epiglottitis

Corticosteroid and Epiglottitis have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Antibiotic, Inflammation, Pneumonia, Pulmonology.

Antibiotic

An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

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Inflammation

Inflammation (from inflammatio) is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants, and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Pulmonology

Pulmonology is a medical speciality that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract.

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Corticosteroid and Epiglottitis Comparison

Corticosteroid has 212 relations, while Epiglottitis has 65. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 1.44% = 4 / (212 + 65).

References

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