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Mask, oxygen
A mask that covers the mouth and nose, and is hooked up to an oxygen tank. It delivers oxygen directly to the patient. Oxygen can also be delivered directly through a nasal catheter, a tube that divides into two smaller tubes that go into…
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- Knee, secretary's The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Tick-borne rickettsiosis, north Asian One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Penile Of or pertaining to the penis
- Leukemia, hairy-cell See: Hairy cell leukemia
- Recombinant DNA technology A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…
- Pancreatectomy A procedure in which a surgeon takes out part or all of the pancreas (an organ behind the lower part of the…
- Hirsutism Having an overabundance of hair. A person with hirsutism is said to be hirsute (pronounced hir-suit)…
- Public Health Service, United States (USPHS) The agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public Health Service (PHS)…
- Berzelius See: Berzelius, Jons Jacob
- Cephaly Familiar abbreviation of the name of one of the cephalic disorders, a series of congenital condition that…
- Cancer, esophageal See: Esophageal cancer