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Osteomyelitis
Inflammation of the bone due to infection, for example by the bacteria salmonella or staphylococcus. Osteomyelitis is sometimes a complication of surgery or injury, although infection can also reach bone tissue through the bloodstream…
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Show more- Prostaglandin One of a number of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body functions such as the…
- Tail 1. A slender appendage, such as the tail of the pancreas. 2. The appendage that protrudes from the buttocks…
- Physician, family A physician who is educated and trained in family practice. 'Family physicians possess unique attitudes…
- Jamais vu From the French, meaning 'never seen'. The illusion that the familiar does not seem familiar. The opposite of…
- Knee ligaments Ligaments are strong, elastic bands of tissue that connect bone to bone. They provide strength and stability…
- Calf The belly or fleshy hind part of the leg below the knee. The calf is made up mainly of the gastrocnemius…
- Preoperative Before surgery. As opposed to postoperative, after surgery
- Paraquat lung Lung disease caused by the contact herbicide paraquat which selectively accumulates in the lungs and is…
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome Hemolytic uremic syndrome: A condition characterized by the breakup of red blood cells (hemolysis) and kidney…
- Orphan drug 1. Oral rehydration salts. 2. Oral rehydration solution. 3. Orthopaedic Research Society.
- EGD Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Phagocytosis The process by which a cell engulfs particles such as bacteria, other microorganisms, aged red blood cells…