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Intensive care unit psychosis
A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience anxiety, become paranoid, hear voices, see things that are not there, become severely disoriented in time and place, become very…
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Show more- External jugular vein The more superficial of the two jugular veins situated on each side of the neck. The other is the internal…
- Passage, nasal The walls of the nasal passages are coated with respiratory mucous membranes which contain innumerable tiny…
- CHARGE association A constellation of congenital malformations (birth defects). The name of the condition is an acronym of some…
- Durable power of attorney This is a type of advance medical directive in which legal documents provide the power of attorney to another…
- Vesicatory A substance that causes tissue blistering. Also referred to as a vesicant
- David-Stickler syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Hay fever Hay fever: A seasonal allergy to airborne particles characterized by itchy eyes, runny nose, nasal…
- Mapping, gene The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Trichina spiralis Is a parasitic worm that lives in the intestines and causes a serious illness known as trichinosis. The eggs…
- Void To urinate. Just as we can void a check and empty it of value, so can we void our bladder and empty it of…
- Midwife, traditional See: Traditional midwife