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- Intubate To put a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, often into the airway. The opposite of intubate is extubate.
- Calcium A mineral found mainly in the hard part of bones, where it is stored. Calcium is added to bones by cells…
- Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow'…
- Drip In medical usage, a drip is not a dull, unattractive person but a device for administering a fluid…
- Familial eosinophilia An autosomal dominant condition characterized by an abnormally high level of eosinophils in the blood…
- Surveillance and containment See: Ring vaccination
- Osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 An inherited connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue sclerae (blue whites of the eyes)…
- Salt In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the…
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia Fear of Friday the 13th. The word 'paraskevidekatriaphobia' was devised by Dr. Donald Dossey who told his…
- Haemophilus influenzae type B This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…