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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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CPAP
Continuous positive airway pressure. CPAP is an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. CPAP patients during sleep wear a face mask connected to a pump that forces air into the nasal passages at pressures high enough to overcome…
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Show more- Carminative An agent that prevents or relieves flatulence (gas in the gastrointestinal tract) and, in infants, may help…
- Syndrome, Aase-Smith I See: Aase-Smith syndrome I
- Food irradiation A food safety technology designed to eliminate disease-causing germs from foods. Treating food with ionizing…
- Immunity, innate See: Innate immunity
- Qid (on prescription) A Chinese herb (also called sweet wormwood) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin.
- Vulvar cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Aase-Smith syndrome II A genetic disorder that may be detected during early infancy and is characterized by the presence of three…
- Syndrome, Munchhausen Syndrome, Munchhausen: Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses. Munchhausen syndrome is a psychological…
- Intolerance, food Difficulty in digesting a food. Common offenders include milk products, wheat and other grains that contain…
- Synovial chondromatosis A disorder of a joint featuring a change of the normal joint lining (synovium) tissue's cellular structure to…
- PEJ Percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy
- Mower injury Injury from a mower, a machine used to cut grass (or other grains or weeds) to an even length. The main…