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Pulse, Corrigan
A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan (1802-80) who described it in patients with aortic regurgitation due to a leaky aortic valve in the heart. Also called a water hammer…
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Show more- Rheumatologist A specialist in the non-surgical treatment of rheumatic illnesses, especially arthritis. Rheumatologists have…
- Ehrlichiosis An acute (abrupt onset) disease, first reported in humans in 1986, due to infection by the rickettsial agent…
- Synovial sarcoma A malignant sarcoma of soft tissue that arises near but not in a joint, most often in an adolescent or young…
- Potomania An intense and persistent desire to drink alcohol to excess. Synonymous with dipsomania
- Staphylococcal infection Infection with one of the Staphylococcal bacteria. Staph infection can cause pus-filled abscesses on the skin…
- Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Low blood sugar A low blood level of the sugar glucose. Also called hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when it is…
- French paradox A small structure that has a restraining function. For example, the lingual frenulum attaches the tongue to…
- Immunocompetent Able to develop an immune response. Able to recognize antigens and respond to them. The opposite of…
- Methicillin A semisynthetic penicillin-related antibiotic, also known as Staphcillin, that once was effective against…
- Xanthopsia A form of chromatopsia, a visual defect in which objects appear as if they have been overpainted with an…
- Cancer, thyroid See: Thyroid cancer