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Nausea
Nausea, is the urge to vomit. It can be brought by many causes including, systemic illnesses, such as influenza, medications, pain, and inner ear disease. When nausea and/or vomiting are persistent, or when they are accompanied by other…
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Show more- Howard Hughes Medical Institute The largest private source of medical research funds in the United States. The Institute is one of the…
- DEXA Dual energy X-ray absorptometry. See: DXA
- Cry for help An expression of suicidal intent in the hope of receiving help and being rescued. A cry for help may take…
- Intrathecal chemotherapy Chemotherapy: Treatment with drugs that are injected into the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord…
- Cognitive therapy A relatively short-term form of psychotherapy based on the concept that the way we think about things affects…
- Ophthalmoscopy Examination of the interior of the eye, including the lens, retina and optic nerve, by indirect or direct…
- Sagittal A crucial large vein that goes over the top of the skull from front to back and then splits to take blood…
- Idiopathic sclerosing cholangitis See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Vitamin E Alpha-tocopherol, an antioxidant vitamin which binds oxygen free radicals that can cause tissue damage…
- Windpipe Popular and familiar term for the scapula, the flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. The word…
- Exercise test A test (sometimes called the treadmill test or exercise treadmill test) in which a continuous…
- Therapeutic abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an artificial or induced abortion. As opposed to…