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Turgor
Gree of elasticity of skin, sometimes referred to as skin turgor. The assessment of skin turgor is used clinically to determine the extent of dehydration, or fluid loss, in the body. The measurement is done by pinching up a portion of skin…
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- M protein An antibody or part of an antibody found in unusually large amounts in the blood or urine of patients with…
- Metaphase chromosome A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…
- Pachyonychia congenita, type 1 This is a form of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It…
- Excrescence An oral antiestrogen. Exemestane inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…
- Enteropathy, gluten See: Gluten enteropathy
- Face, masklike A surgical procedure designed to make the face appear younger by pulling loose facial skin taut. With age or…
- Runny nose Rhinorrhea is the medical term for this common problem. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose'…
- Postcoital contraception See: Emergency contraception
- Whitehead A familiar term for what is medically called a closed comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…
- Culdoscope The viewing tube (endoscope) introduced through the end of the vagina into the cul-de-sac. The cul-de-sac is…
- Immunization, hepatitis A See: Hepatitis A immunization