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A term once used to refer to the medical case of an inpatient
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Show more- Lymphatic Calf: The belly or fleshy hind part of the leg below the knee. The calf is made up mainly of the…
- Therapy The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment, as for example: > >Antiretroviral therapy…
- Homeobox gene A gene containing a short DNA sequence of about 180 base pairs referred to as a homeobox. Homeobox genes…
- Encopresis Encopresis: Inability to control the elimination of stool (fecal incontinence). Encopresis can have a variety…
- Carbon dioxide content A measure of the bicarbonate level in the blood. The normal carbon dioxide content may vary somewhat from one…
- Cancer, esophagus See: Esophageal cancer
- Septal defect, atrial (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- Sporotrichosis Sporotrichosis: An infection most commonly of the skin caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Persons…
- Sleeplessness Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
- Q.h. (on prescription) Abbreviation for 'every hour.' On a prescription or doctor's hospital orders, q.h. means every hour. Also…
- Ventricular arrhythmias Abnormal rapid heart rhythms (arrhythmias) that originate in the lower chambers of the heart (the…
- Syndrome, tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia See Syndrome, TAR.