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Claudication, intermittent
Claudication, intermittent: An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs…
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- Drug resistance The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand a drug to which they were once sensitive and…
- Colonoscope A flexible, lighted instrument used to view the inside of the colon.
- Polypectomy Removal of a polyp by surgery. In the case of polyps in the colon, polypectomy may be done by open abdominal…
- AHC Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Rosacea keratitis A condition affecting the eyes in about half of all cases of rosacea. It is characterized by burning and…
- Surgery, fetal The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal or antenatal surgery. Fetal surgery is…
- Fixation, external A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Pucker, macular See: Macular pucker
- Gastrointestinal Adjective referring collectively to the stomach and small and large intestines. The commonly used…
- Rhythm, sinus The normal regular rhythm of the heart set by the natural pacemaker of the heart called the sinoatrial (or…
- Naloxone A drug that antagonizes morphine and other opiates. Naloxone is a pure opiate antagonist and prevents or…