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Scleredema adultorum
A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
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- Vasodilation Widening of blood vessels resulting from relaxation of the muscular wall of the vessels. What widens is…
- Osteodystrophy, renal A bone growth disorder caused by chronic kidney failure (renal disease). Also known as renal osteodystrophy
- Capsule >In medicine, a membranous structure that envelops an organ, a joint, tumor, or any other part of the body…
- Flexner Report 'Medical Education in the United States and Canada', quite possibly the most important written document in…
- Pathologic 1. Indicative of or caused by disease, as in a pathologic fracture, pathologic tissue, or pathologic process…
- Scaling Abnormal shedding or accumulation of an upper layer of skin (the stratum corneum)
- Coccydynia Coccydynia: Pain in the coccyx (the tailbone). The coccyx is the small bone at the bottom of the spine very…
- Serratus magnus One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus magnus originates from the lateral aspect…
- Enteric Pertaining to the small intestine. Also called (less often) enteral
- Cochlear implant A small complex electronic device that is surgically placed (implanted) within the inner ear to help persons…
- Avascular necrosis (AVN) A condition in which the poor blood supply to an area of bone leads to bone death. The head of the…