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Necrotizing gingivitis
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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Show more- Empirical midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- Nares The nostrils or nasal passages. Nares is the Latin plural of naris, meaning nostril. Nares shares the same…
- Edema Edema: The swelling of soft tissues as a result of excess water accumulation. Edema is often more prominent…
- DRRS See: Okihiro syndrome
- Tobacco smoke, environmental Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Urological surgeon A physician who specializes in diseases of the urinary organs in females and the urinary tract and sex organs…
- Tarantella A remarkable example of early music therapy that originated in the region of Taranto, a city in southeastern…
- Skin graft Skin that is used to cover an area where the patient's skin has been lost due to a burn, injury, or surgery…
- PAS 1. Physician-assisted suicide. 2. Personal alert system (an alarm system for an elderly or infirm person). 3…
- Genome, C. elegans See: C. elegans genome.
- Aura A premonition. There is often an aura before a migraine or a grand mal seizure. The aura, a symptom of brain…
- Phlebitis Inflammation of a vein. With phlebitis, there is infiltration of the walls of the vein and, usually, the…