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Oxygenation
The addition of oxygen to any system, including the human body. Oxygenation may also refer to the process of treating a patient with oxygen, or of combining a medication or other substance with oxygen. Hyperbaric oxygenation is an…
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- Rhinorrhea Medical term for a runny nose. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose' and 'rhoia' meaning 'a…
- Peromyscus leucopus See: White-footed mouse
- Nerve, ninth cranial The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. All 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Exophthalmos Protruding eyeball. A common finding in hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone) of Graves disease
- Cl (chloride) Cl is the chemical symbol for chloride, the major anion found in the fluid outside of cells and in blood. An…
- Babinski sign An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated…
- Prospective study A study in which the subjects are identified and then followed forward in time
- Hallervorden-Spatz disease A genetic disorder in which there is progressive neurologic degeneration with the accumulation of iron in the…
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- Lizard bite Only two types of lizards are poisonous: the Gila monster that lives in Arizona and Mexico and the beaded…