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Bruit
A sound, especially an abnormal one. A bruit may be heard over an artery or vascular channel, reflecting turbulence of flow. Listening for a bruit in the neck is a simple, safe, and inexpensive way to screen for stenosis (narrowing) of the…
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Show more- Labrose In medicine, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint) surface of…
- Miliary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, miliary
- Transfusion medicine Blood transfusion and blood conservation are the complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena…
- Renal artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis: Narrowing of the major artery that supplies blood to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis…
- Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee…
- Apical The adjective for apex, the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure, like the lung or the heart. For example…
- Syndrome, nail-patella See Nail-patella syndrome
- Vaccination, pneumococcal pneumonia
- Pityriasis alba A common mild rash of unknown origin that can appear on a person of any age (most commonly at 10-35 years of…
- Canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis. See: Heartworm
- Phenylketonuria, maternal See Maternal phenylketonuria
- Vein, internal jugular The deeper of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and…