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Pus
A thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs), liquified tissue and cellular debris. Pus is commonly a site of infection or foreign material in the body
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- Calor Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor). From the Latin…
- Map-dot-fingerprint type corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows geographic map-like lines…
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- Tok- From the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining forms, all…
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- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…