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Secretary's knee
The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee area, aggravated by activity (running, jumping, climbing or descending stairs) or by prolonged…
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- Oxycodone Oxycodone: Oxycodone is the active ingredient in OxyContin. Oxycodone is an opioid, a close relative of…
- Paralysis, stomach Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by…
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…
- Ovariectomy The removal of one or both ovaries. Also called an oophorectomy
- Brain stem The stemlike part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord. Or conversely, the extension of the…
- Latham bowl A blood-processing instrument that uses centrifugal force to separate blood into its components: red blood…
- Osteology The study of bones. The branch of anatomy or physical anthropology that deals with bones. Bone-ology
- Vital bodily function 1. An essential bodily function. 2. A key function for life. 3. A function required by most, if not all…
- Mitochondrial encephalopathy, MELAS MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes. MELAS is a…
- Periodic fever Recurrences of fever that last from a few days to a few weeks and are separated by symptom-free intervals of…
- Ritter disease This is the scalded skin syndrome, a potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph…