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Rehydration
The process of restoring lost water to the body tissues and fluids. Prompt rehydration is imperative whenever dehydration occurs, from diarrhea, exposure, lack of drinking water, or medication use. Rehydration can be by the oral route or…
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Show more- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…
- Angiostatin Angiostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, plasminogen, used normally in blood clotting. This fragment…
- Hepatobiliary Having to do with the liver plus the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile. For example, MRI (magnetic resonance…
- GM2-gangliosidosis, B variant This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in…
- Theorem, Bayes See: Bayes theorem
- Sweat chloride test Sweat chloride test: A test for cystic fibrosis. See: Sweat test.
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA. One of two types of molecules that encode genetic information. (The other is RNA. In humans DNA is the…
- Physiologic Something that is normal, neither due to anything pathologic nor significant in terms of causing illness
- Baseline 1. Information gathered at the beginning of a study from which variations found in the study are measured.2…
- Attenuated Weakened, diluted, thinned, reduced, weakened, diminished. The use of 'attenuated' in medicine is not new. In…
- Lipectomy, suction-assisted Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Earache Pain in the ear. This can occur because of conditions within the ear itself, the ear canal, or the visible…