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Activities of daily living (ADLs)
The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure. The ability or inability to perform ADLs can be used…
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Show more- Pharmacist A professional who fills prescriptions, and in the case of a compounding pharmacist, makes them. Pharmacists…
- Immunotherapy Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…
- Myco- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus
- Collagen IV alpha 5 See: COL4A5
- Adrenal gland One of a pair of small glands, each of which sits on top of one of the kidneys. The adrenal is made up of an…
- CF 1. Cystic fibrosis, one of the most frequent and serious genetic diseases, CF affects the exocrine glands and…
- Atom The smallest part of any material that cannot be broken up by chemical means. Each atom has a center (the…
- Access 1. In general, a means of approaching something. 2. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive…
- Leptomeninges The two innermost layers of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. The two layers are called the…
- Prothrombin A coagulation (clotting) factor that is needed for the normal clotting of blood. A cascade of biochemical…
- Fifth cranial nerve The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Cerebral herniation The abnormal protrusion of brain tissue through an opening when there is increased intracranial pressure…