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Show more- R-tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Shock, spinal Shock caused by injury to the spinal cord
- Fabricated illness by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Scrub up To wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as before surgery. To scrub up implies the use of a brush…
- Stress echocardiography Stress echocardiography: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress…
- Post-traumatic stress disorder Stress disorder: A common anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in…
- Inheritance, mendelian The manner in which genes and traits are passed from parents to their children. The four modes of Mendelian…
- Proctocele See: Rectocele
- Acute confusional state See: Delirium
- Mycoplasma The mycoplasma are a very large group of bacteria. There are more than 70 types. Mycoplasma hominis and…
- Fetal circulation The blood circulation in the fetus before birth. Before birth, the blood from the heart headed for the lungs…
- ADH secretion, inappropriate The syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) results in the inability to put out…