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Psychiatric trauma
An experience that is emotionally painful, distressful, or shocking and which may result in lasting mental and physical effects. Psychiatric trauma is essentially a normal response to an extreme event. It involves the creation of emotional…
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Show more- Antiparasitic Effective in the treatment of parasites. For example, nitazoxanide (Alinis) is an antiparasitic medication…
- Electromyogram Electromyogram: A test used to record the electrical activity of muscles. When muscles are active, they…
- APOA-I Apolipoprotein A-I
- Naltrexone A derivative of naloxone used as an orally active and long-acting potent pure narcotic antagonist. Naltrexone…
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Locoregional anesthesia Anesthesia that produces loss of pain only in the region of the surgery. This may be done by a 'spinal' in…
- Intraductal carcinoma Also called ductal carcinoma in situ. See: DCIS
- MIC-1 Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1. A divergent member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily…
- Foot-drop Dropping of the front of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the anterior muscles of the lower leg…
- Incest Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child…
- Ankle twist See: Ankle sprain
- Panacea A universal remedy, a cure-all. The word 'panacea' comes from the name of Panaceia, the daughter of…