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Hemoptysis
Spitting up blood or blood-tinged sputum. Pronounced he-MOP-tis-is. The word 'hemoptysis' comes from the Greek 'haima' for 'blood' + 'ptysis' meaning 'a spitting' = a spitting of blood. The source of the blood was originally not specified…
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- Small saphenous vein The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Vaccine, rubella A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
- Frailty syndrome A condition, seen particularly in older patients, characterized by low functional reserve, easy tiring…
- Recurrent abortion The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…
- Disorder, bipolar See: Bipolar disorder
- Osler's nodes These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the…
- Mallet The malleus
- French disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Occupational Safety and Health, Nat'l Institut for Better known as NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is a US Federal agency…
- Novercal Stepmotherly; pertaining to a stepmother. From the Latin novercalis, from noverca meaning stepmother
- Antibody An immunoglobulin, a specialized immune protein, produced because of the introduction of an antigen into the…