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Pulmonary function test
A test designed to measure how well the lungs are working. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) gauge how the lungs are carrying out their tasks -- of expanding and contracting (when a person inhales and exhales) and of exchanging oxygen and…
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- Granuloma annulare The definition of granuloma annulare in one of the standard print medical dictionaries begins: 'a benign…
- Test, sweat chloride See: Sweat test
- Immunization, polio One of the two polio vaccines that are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine…
- Cystitis Inflammation of the bladder. Cystitis can be due for example to infection from bacteria that ascend the…
- Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosing spondylitis: A type of arthritis that causes chronic inflammation of the spine and the sacroiliac…
- PPS (post-polio syndrome) Post-polio syndrome: A constellation of symptoms and signs that appear from 20 to 40 years after the initial…
- Cavity, abdominal The cavity within the abdomen, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. The abdominal cavity is…
- State, acute confusional See: Delirium
- Trichinella spiralis The worm that causes trichinosis. Trichinella spiralis larvae can infest pigs and wild game, hibernating in…
- Disease, Refsum See Refsum disease
- Complications, postoperative Postoperative problems affecting patients after surgery. Postoperative complications may (or may not) be…