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Fracture
Fracture: A break in bone or cartilage. Although usually the result of trauma, a fracture can be caused by an acquired disease of bone such as osteoporosis or by abnormal formation of bone in a disease such as osteogenesis imperfecta…
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- Elastase An enzyme that digests and degrades a number of proteins including elastin, an elastic substance in the lungs…
- Resistance Opposition to something, or the ability to withstand it. For example, some forms of staphylococcus are…
- Captioning The text display of spoken words, presented on a movie screen or a television (or another type of monitor)…
- Jugular vein The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward…
- Pre-sleep dream Also called a hypnagogic hallucination, this type of dream is characteristically vivid and occurs as one is…
- Disease, acute respiratory A sudden condition in which breathing is difficult and the oxygen levels in the blood abruptly drop lower…
- Hysterectomy, vaginal Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal…
- Emotional child abuse Child abuse: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child…
- Glisson's capsule The capsule of the liver. A layer of connective tissue surrounding the liver and ensheathing the hepatic…
- PROC Protein C
- Test, syphilis (FTA-ABS) The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (FTA-ABS) test for syphilis is a blood serum screening test…