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Straitjacket
Or strait-jacket or strait jacket. 1. A garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves the ends of which can be tied behind the back to restrain a violently disturbed person, as in a psychiatric in-patient unit, so that the person does not…
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- Hecht-Beals syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- Addisonian anemia Anemia: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the…
- Temperature The temperature is the specific degree of hotness or coldness of the body. It is usually measured with a…
- Congenital hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism: See: Cretinism.
- Jenny Craig Jenny Craig is a diet program that originated in Australia in 1983 in Australia and started U.S. operations…
- Ductus, patent Failure for the ductus arteriosus, an arterial shunt in fetal life, to close on schedule. Before birth, blood…
- Varco See: Varco, Richard L.
- Macular pucker Scar tissue in the macula, the area of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. The scar can blur and…
- ALS3 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3
- Cytosis 1. Suffix referring to cells, as in anisocytosis (inequality in the size of red blood cells), elliptocytosis…
- Heart-hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome