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Automated external defibrillator
A device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and, if it detects a problem that may respond to an electrical shock, that permits a shock to be delivered to restore a normal heart rhythm. Abbreviated AED. Thanks to their small size…
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- Immunogenetics The genetics (inheritance) of the immune response. For example, the study of the Rh, ABO and other blood…
- Mind That which thinks, reasons, perceives, wills, and feels. The mind now appears in no way separate from the…
- Medicine, occupational The field of medicine encompassing diseases due to factors in the occupation of people. Occupational medicine…
- Spots, Brushfield's Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris and are arranged in a…
- Nipple The pigmented projection on the surface of the breast. Ducts that conduct milk from the mammary glands to the…
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science EHS): A part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. NIEHS states that its mission…
- Purpura, allergic See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Hump, dowager An outward curvature of the vertebrae of neck, creating a hump at the back of the neck, once thought to be a…
- Apheresis The process of removing a specific component from blood and returning the remaining components to the donor…
- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- Quintan fever Fever: Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or trench…