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Adams-Stokes disease
Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent pulse resulting in syncope (fainting) with or without convulsions. In this condition, the normal heartbeat passing from the upper…
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- Orthopox The family of viruses to which belongs vaccinia, the virus that causes smallpox. Other members of the…
- Hemostasis, genetics of Inherited factors that play a role in hemostasis, the stoppage of blood flow through a blood vessel. There is…
- Karyokinesis During cell division, the process of partition of a cell's nucleus into the daughter cells. See also…
- Materia medica 1. The ingredients used to make medications, whether those be for medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, or…
- Appendix perforation Rupture of appendix
- Trichinella spiralis The worm that causes trichinosis. Trichinella spiralis larvae can infest pigs and wild game, hibernating in…
- Cardiopulmonary Having to do with both the heart and lungs
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- Abductor muscle Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of…