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Leg pain with cramping
An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs. Known medically as…
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- Carboxyhemoglobinemia The presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. Carboxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide bound…
- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm
- Podocyte A cell with branching tentacle-shaped extensions that constitutes the barrier through which blood is filtered…
- Registry, tumor See: Tumor registry. And, for more information, see: Cancer registry
- Asn Asparagine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Stick, heel See: Heel stick
- Elective mutism Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient. True…
- Acetabular Pertaining to the acetabulum, the cup-shaped socket of the hip joint which is a key feature of the pelvis…
- Dwarfism, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Acetoacetate A molecular ion, CH3COCH2COO-, derived from acetoacetic acid
- Tarantella A remarkable example of early music therapy that originated in the region of Taranto, a city in southeastern…