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Cardiac index
A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects into the systemic circulation in one minute, measured in liters per minute (l/min). Cardiac output can be indexed to a patient's…
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Show more- Radionuclide stress test A procedure that involves injecting a radioactive isotope, typically thallium or cardiolyte, into the…
- Preeclampsia A condition in pregnancy characterized by abrupt hypertension (a sharp rise in blood pressure), albuminuria…
- Morbid jealousy See: Othello syndrome
- Atloaxoid joint The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…
- Hydrazine Hydrazine sulfate, an alternative medicine that has been claimed to be a treatment for cancer. It has been…
- Food insecure When people must live with hunger and fear starvation
- Malariologist Someone who is versed in or engaged in the study of malaria. 'Independent malariologists believe it kills two…
- OB Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the…
- Surface EMG A technique in which electrodes are placed on (not into) the skin overlying a muscle to detect the electrical…
- Kneecap The medical name for the kneecap is the patella. Whichever name -- kneecap or patella -- you prefer, it is…
- Lability The state or quality of being labile: susceptible to change, error or instability. From the Latin labilis…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…