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Gesundheit
Interjection used to wish 'good health,' especially to someone who has sneezed. In this situation, Gesundheit is roughly equivalent to 'God bless you.' In German 'Gesundheit' means 'health' (and 'sanity'). Wishing 'good health' was once…
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Show more- BTE Behind-the-ear. See also: Behind-the-ear hearing aid
- Orgasmic dysfunction See: Anorgasmia
- Meniscus, lateral knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The lateral meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Psittacosis (parrot fever) Fever: An infectious disease due to a bacteria (Chlamydia psittaci) contracted from psittacine birds…
- Pathogenetic Pertaining to the pathogenesis of a disease, to exactly how it develops and the precise chain of events…
- Infection, roundworm Infection from a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the…
- Paraesthesia See: Paresthesia
- Psoriasis, guttate A type of psoriasis characterized by red, scaly patches of inflamed skin on all parts of the body. It is…
- Stroke index A cardiodynamic measure. Stroke volume is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects in one beat, measured…
- Time, prothrombin A clotting test, the prothrombin time is done to test the integrity of part of the clotting scheme. The…
- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…
- Qualified health claim A claim authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that must be supported by credible scientific…