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Colic
Colic: An attack of crying and apparent abdominal pain in early infancy. This is a common condition, occurring in about 1 in every 10 babies. Colic is characterized by episodes of irritability, loud crying, and what appears to be abdominal…
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Show more- AML Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1.
- Endotracheal tube A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then down into the trachea (the airway). The doctor…
- Hypercarbia More than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypercarbia is the opposite of hypocarbia
- NLM (National Library of Medicine) The world's largest medical library, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of the National…
- Genome All of the genetic information, the entire genetic complement, all of the hereditary material possessed by an…
- Decompression 1. In general, the removal of pressure.2. In surgery, a procedure to remove pressure on a structure, as in…
- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- CNM Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Sinus bradycardia A regular but unusually slow heart beat (60 beats/minute or less at rest). Sinus bradycardia can be the…
- Fever, trench Fever, trench: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it…
- Spirometry A test of the air capacity of the lung. The test utilizes a machine called a spirometer to measure the volume…
- Neurobiological disorder An illness of the nervous system caused by genetic, metabolic, or other biological factors. Many illnesses…