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- Laxative Something that loosens the bowels. Used to combat constipation (and sometimes overused, producing diarrhea)…
- Assisted suicide Suicide: The deliberate hastening of death by a terminally ill patient with assistance from a doctor, family…
- RLL Acronym for the right lower lobe (of the lung). The right lung has three lobes: the right upper lobe (RUL)…
- Congenital webbed neck syndrome See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Angiography, coronary The most accurate method (the 'gold standard') for evaluating and defining coronary artery disease (CAD)…
- Disease, Stein-Leventhal >Irregular or no periods >Acne >Obesity, and >Excess hair growth. All women with PCO have irregular or no…
- Cocci Pleural of coccus. Bacteria which are spherically shaped
- Emergency medical technician A person trained in the performance of the procedures required in emergency medical care. You are most likely…
- Extremity The extremities in medical language are not freezing cold or scorching heat but rather the uttermost parts of…
- Calcific bursitis Calcific bursitis: A bursa is a thin fluid-filled sac that reduces friction forces between tissues of the…