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Feces
The medical and scientific term for the 'excrement discharged from the intestines.' The word 'feces' (or its English version 'faeces') in Shakespeare in this context until the 17th century 'feces' merely meant the 'dregs or sediment' of…
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- Midwife, traditional See: Traditional midwife
- Swan-Ganz catheter See: Catheter, Swan-Ganz
- Cardioversion The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a…
- Sequela A pathological condition resulting from a prior disease, injury, or attack. As for example, a sequela of…
- Formalin A 37% aqueous (water) solution of formaldehyde, a pungent gas, with the chemical formula HCHO, used as an…
- XP Xeroderma pigmentosum
- Elective surgery Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example…
- Hypervolemic Pertaining to hypervolemia, an abnormal increase in blood volume. For example, hypervolemic hyponatremia…
- Recurrent abortion The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…
- Visual pathway glioma A slow-growing benign tumor of the eye