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Reflex, Babinski
An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The Babinski reflex is obtained by stimulating the external portion…
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- Pulmonology The study and science of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs. See also: Pulmonary medicine
- Enteral Pertaining to the small intestine. As in enteral nutrition. Also called enteric
- Enanthem A rash inside the body. An example: the spots in measles (Koplik's spots) inside the mouth that look like a…
- Toxo (toxoplasmosis) Toxo (toxoplasmosis): An infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii that may invade…
- Chondroplasia The formation of cartilage by specialized cells called chondrocytes
- Rice rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Mortality, infant The death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is, by definition, the…
- Airway The path air follows to get into and out of the lungs. The mouth and nose are the normal entry and exit…
- Eleventh cranial nerve The eleventh cranial nerve is the accessory nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the accessory nerve included…
- Labor support professional See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Whole-arm translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement, also called a Robertsonian translocation, in which there is fusion of an…