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Shock lung
See: ARDS
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- Zone Diet The Zone diet is a weight loss plan based upon the idea that the right ratio of carbohydrates to proteins and…
- Arrhythmias, slow Abnormally slow heart rhythms, medically termed bradycardia
- Camisole A straitjacket. The term camisole was borrowed from the French and refers to a woman's garment, usually…
- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…
- Brachial paralysis See: Brachial plexus palsy
- Romano-Ward syndrome See: Long QT syndrome
- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Babinski sign An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Estrogen/progestin therapy Abbreviated EPT. A combination of the hormones estrogen and progestin. Taken by women, the estrogen in the…
- Alpha helix The coiled structure of many proteins consisting of a single chain of amino acids stabilized by hydrogen…