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Psychosis, intensive care unit
A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience anxiety, become paranoid, hear voices, see things that are not there, become severely disoriented in time and place, become very…
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- Estrogen Estrogen is a female hormone produced by the ovaries. Estrogen deficiency can lead to osteoporosis. Estrogen…
- Perineum The area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva (the labial opening…
- Tache noire Black spot (in French), a small ulcer covered with a black crust at the site of a tick bite, characteristic…
- Scorbutus Scurvy. Ascorbic acid was so-named because it prevents scorbutus (scurvy). See also: Paprika
- Case-fatality proportion The number of cases of a disease ending in death compared to the number of cases of the disease. Usually…
- Open cholecystectomy Cholecystectomy: Surgery in which the abdomen is opened to permit cholecystectomy -- removal of the…
- Spindle neuron A large neuron tapered at both ends that is only found in humans and great apes and so is thought to be a…
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- Genetics, transplantation The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a…
- Syndrome, Hecht Inherited disorder transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait in which short tight muscles make it impossible…
- Dormant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, dormant. See also: Tuberculous meningitis.