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Disease, Osgood-Schlatter
Disease, Osgood-Schlatter: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the knee and lower leg. Treatment is by rest, casting if necessary, and sometimes surgery. Osgood-Schlatter disease is caused by…
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- JP drain The original suction drain. The drain itself is inside the body. It is made of Teflon and has multiple…
- Paterfamilias The male head of the family; the father figure. Paterfamilias is the Latin for father of the household. It is…
- Dysmorphophobia Excessive dislike of a part of ones body. See: Body dysmorphic disorder
- Zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) A technique in which a woman's egg is fertilized outside the body, then implanted in one of her fallopian…
- Rod Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- ICD Implantable cardiac defibrillator, a device that is put within the body and is designed to recognize certain…
- Injury, needlestick See: Needlestick injury
- Physician, emergency See: Emergency physician
- Major A major may be an officer in the military but, in a larger sense, it can be anything that is more than…
- Zolmitriptan Zolmitriptan: A triptan drug for the treatment of migraine. Marketed under the brand name Zomig.
- Cell sorter, fluorescence-activated A flow cytometer (a scientific instrument used to measure the characteristics of individual cells) that is…