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Patellar tendonopathy
See: Patellar tendonitis
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Show more- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.
- Tinea unguium >People with diabetes; >People with disease of the small blood vessels (peripheral vascular disease); and…
- Shunt, Glenn See: Glenn shunt
- ENT 1. Abbreviation for ears, nose and throat. A field of medicine also called otolaryngology. 2. Abbreviation…
- H. sapiens See: Homo sapiens
- Valdecoxib Valdecoxib: Generic name of a cox-2 inhibitor. See: Bextra.
- Squamous-cell carcinoma See: Squamous cell carcinoma
- Coitus interruptus A method of contraception, also called withdrawal, in which the man withdraws his penis from the vagina…
- Ventricular beat, premature See: Extrasystole
- Ventilation, positive pressure The provision of oxygen under pressure by a mechanical respirator, a machine designed to improve the exchange…
- Syndrome, Usher A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder called retinitis pigmentosa in…
- Kwashiorkor The word kwashiorkor comes from the Ivory Coast. It means the deposed (no longer suckled) child. Kwashiorkor…