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Flutter, atrial
Well-organized but overly rapid contractions of the atrium of the heart (usually at a rate of 250-350 contractions per minute). Flutter refers to a rapid vibration or pulsation. The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that…
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- Body packing The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
- Causes of cancer Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Benign tumors are not cancer; malignant tumors are…
- Astrocytoma A tumor that begins in the brain or spinal cord in small, star-shaped cells called astrocytes. The location…
- Osteoclasis The surgical destruction of bone tissue. Osteoclasis is performed to reconstruct a bone that is malformed…
- Antiparasitic Effective in the treatment of parasites. For example, nitazoxanide (Alinis) is an antiparasitic medication…
- Eczema, allergic contact Also called allergic contact dermatitis, this is a red, itchy, weepy reaction where the skin has come into…
- Recipient In medicine, a recipient is someone who receives something like a blood transfusion or an organ transplant…
- Spondylitis Inflammation of one or more of the vertebrae of the spine. Diffuse inflammation of the spine is seen in the…
- Insulin-dependent diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Nerve cell See: Neuron
- Ewing sarcoma Sarcoma: A type of bone tumor that occurs in children and adolescents, most often in the large bones of the…