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Cardioversion
The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one. This conversion can be accomplished by pharmacologic means using medications or by electrical cardioversion using a…
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Show more- Ovary The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis…
- External genitalia, female See: Female external genitalia
- Pylorus The outlet of the stomach.
- Tuberculous diskitis An infection of the spine due to tuberculosis, seen most often in children. The main symptom is back pain…
- Startle reflex A reflex seen in normal infants in response to a loud noise. The infant with make a sudden body movement…
- ARD Acronym that stands for a disorder known as Adult Respiratory Distress or Acute Respiratory Distress. Also…
- Great saphenous vein The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Virus, positive-strand RNA See: Positive-strand RNA virus
- Migraine, abdominal An attack of abdominal pain that may be preceded by a migraine aura and accompanied nausea, vomiting, and…
- Murine typhus An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic…
- Fusospirillosis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- AAA Abdominal aortic aneurysm