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Sleep apnea, obstructive
Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep. It owes its name to a Greek word, apnea, meaning 'want of breath.' There are two types of sleep apnea: central and obstructive. > >Central…
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- Analytic sensitivity The lowest level of a substance that can be detected by an analytic method
- Septum, cardiac The cardiac septum is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of the…
- Eat Right 4 Your Type Diet The Eat Right 4 Your Type Diet is a weight loss plan based upon the concept that your blood type (referring…
- Congenital Present at birth. A condition that is congenital is one that is present at birth. There are numerous uses of…
- Nocardiosis An infection with bacteria called Nocardia which tend to strike the lungs, brain and skin, particularly in…
- Callosity Synonymous with callus. Both callus and callosity are derived from the Latin callum meaning thick skin
- Cardiovascular syncope Cardiovascular syncope: Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there…
- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…
- Entomophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of insects. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize that most…
- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
- Treadmill, exercise Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…