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Patient controlled analgesia
See: PCA
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- Acute Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration…
- Aneurysm, berry A berry aneurysm is a small outpouching (aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically occurs at the…
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- Melanoma thickness A method for determining the prognosis (outlook) with melanoma. The thickness of a melanoma is related to the…
- Immunocompetent Able to develop an immune response. Able to recognize antigens and respond to them. The opposite of…
- Legg-Perthes disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Chemosis Swelling around the iris (the colored circle that surrounds the pupil) due to edema (swelling) of the bulbar…
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…