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Dyscalculia
A specific developmental disability affecting a person's ability to conceptualize and perform mathematics. Mild cases can often be compensated for with use of a calculator, but those with severe dyscalculia will need special education…
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- Gastroentenologist A common misspelling of gastroenterologist
- Gingivitis, Vincent This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Rothmund-Thomson syndrome To go around and see a patient in a hospital or other in-patient setting.
- Nodular hyperplasia of the prostate See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Ampulla of Vater An enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas at the point where they enter the small intestine…
- Delirium tremens A neurological symptom of alcohol withdrawal seen in chronic alcoholism, with includes symptoms of psychosis…
- Berserk Frenzied, enraged. From the Norse berserkr, one of the old Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource…
- Demarcation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Rehydration The process of restoring lost water to the body tissues and fluids. Prompt rehydration is imperative whenever…
- Syncope, vasodepressor The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…