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Intermittent claudication
An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs. In very severe claudication…
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Show more- Nephrotomogram A series of special x-rays of the kidneys. The x-rays are taken from different angles. They show the kidneys…
- Aphrasia The inability to speak or understand phrases
- Sympathicoblastoma A surgical procedure to effect an immediate dramatic increase in the size of the pelvic outlet to permit…
- Electrophysiologic Pertaining to electrophysiology
- Patellar ligament See: Patellar tendon
- Immunization, mumps Mumps: See Immunization, MMR
- Poisoning, silver Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- Lysosome An organelle (a little organ) in a cell containing enzymes that degrade macromolecules (large molecules) and…
- Leukocyte,eosinophilic See: Eosinophil
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: Also known as EGD or upper endoscopy. A procedure that enables the examiner…
- Hygiene theory See: Hygiene hypothesis
- Cranial nerve, third The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…