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Achillodynia
Pain due to inflammation of the Achilles tendon or the bursa associated with it. The Achilles tendon is one of the better known anatomic features in sports medicine due to the abrupt dramatic nature of some injuries to this tendon. It is…
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- Child abuse, sexual Child abuse, sexual: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of…
- Qualify In medicine, to finish training. One of the first women to receive a medical degree (albeit pretending to be…
- Syndrome, autoimmune polyglandular (APS) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- Vitamin B5 Vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- EPO test A test of the hormone EPO (erythropoietin) in blood. The EPO level can indicate bone marrow disorders, kidney…
- Reaven syndrome See: Metabolic syndrome
- Spitz-Holter valve A pioneering one-way valve created by John Holter to treat hydrocephalus. In 1955 Mr. Holter, , a hydraulics…
- Typhus, epidemic A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40° C (104° F), intractable headache, and a…
- Long-term care facility A facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or…