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Centimeter (cm)
A unit of measure in the metric system which is 1/100'th of a meter. There are 2.54 centimeters (cms) in one inch. The centimeter is commonly used in medicine to state the size of objects or distance between points. It may seem senseless…
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- Scooter injury An injury sustained on a scooter, a foot-operated board mounted tandemly on two wheels with an upright…
- Mortality rate, maternal The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- QRS complex The deflections in the tracing of the electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), comprising the Q, R, and S waves, that…
- Atrial fib Atrial fibrillation
- Disease, Quincke's This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin…
- Lynch syndrome See: Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Error, type I : Error, alpha
- Collapsing pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Efferent Carrying away. An artery is an efferent vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An efferent nerve carries…
- Piriformis syndrome Irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by compression of the nerve within the buttock by the piriformis…