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Orthopaedics
The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones). This particular term is commonly misspelled. Orthopedics is how this field of surgery is listed under Physicians & Surgeons in the telephone Yellow Pages in…
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Show more- Scrub typhus A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Cohort study A study in which a particular outcome, such as death from a heart attack, is compared in groups of people who…
- Medicine, forensic See: Forensic medicine
- Knee replacement, total A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery…
- Chronic illness An illness that persists for a long period of time. The term 'chronic' comes from the Greek chronos, time and…
- Hospital It may seem unnecessary to define a 'hospital' since everyone knows the nature of a hospital. A hospital…
- Blepharospasm Involuntary forcible closure of the eyelids. The first symptom may be uncontrollable blinking. Only one eye…
- Trench mouth A progressive painful infection of the mouth and throat with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Bowel sounds The gurgling, rumbling, or growling noises from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions of…
- Bursitis, septic A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues…
- Whipworm A nematode (roundworm) also called Trichuris trichiura. The third most common round worm of humans. The worm…
- Tumor, primary See: Primary tumor