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Achilles tendonitis
Inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the calcaneus or heel bone. Achilles tendonitis causes pain and often swelling over the Achilles tendon. The tendon is tender and may be…
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Show more- Operating room A facility equipped for performing surgery. Abbreviated OR
- Leukemoid reaction A benign condition in which the high number of white blood cells found in a blood test resembles the numbers…
- Scapula The shoulder blade (or 'wingbone'), the familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. The word…
- Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids: See: Hemorrhoid.
- Respiratory Having to do with respiration, the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. From the Latin re- (again) +…
- Toxic agent syndrome See: Toxic syndrome
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Zinsser disease Also called Brill-Zinsser disease, recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent…
- Camisole A straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman's garment, usually…
- Salicylic acid A substance obtained from plants (white willow back and wintergreen leaves) and also synthesized which is…
- Food, super Foods with alleged healing or health-promoting capabilities. The healing power of foods is a popular concept…
- Surgery, YAG laser The use of a YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet) laser to do surgery. One use for a YAG laser in surgery is to…