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Continuous positive airway pressure
See: CPAP.
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- Tympanic 1. Pertaining to the tympanum (the eardrum).2. Pertaining to the tympanic cavity.3. Bell-like or resonant
- Aerosinusitis Sinus troubles, particularly with pain, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when going up or down in a…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Analbuminemia 1. Properly, an absence of albumin from the blood.2. More loosely, a low level of albumin in the blood…
- Lethargy 1. Abnormal drowsiness, stupor. 2. A state of indifference.From the Greek lethargia, drowsiness
- Hereditary prostate cancer Prostate cancer: A genetic form of prostate cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is clearly genetic. Men with…
- Seizure, focal See: Partial seizure
- Basement membrane A thin membrane upon which is posed a single layer of cells. The basement membrane is made up of proteins…
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…
- M. avium Mycobacterium avium