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Show more- CPM machine A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- Sesamoid bone A little bone embedded in a joint capsule or tendon. The kneecap (patella) is a sesamoid bone
- Branched-chain ketoaciduria See: Maple syrup urine disease
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease A genetic disease of nerves characterized by progressively debilitating muscle weakness, particularly of the…
- Lactic acidosis Acidosis (too much acid in the body) due to the buildup of lactic acid in the body. Lactic acidois occurs…
- Carotenoid One of a group of compounds that includes beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, and beta-cryptoxanthin which are…
- Arthritis, gout Joint inflammation caused by uric acid crystal deposits in the joint space. An attack is usually extremely…
- Outlet, gastric See: Gastric outlet
- Ventricles 1, The right ventricle and the left ventricle, the lower two chambers of the heart. 2. Two or more of the…
- Snowblindness A burn of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation…
- Salter-Harris fracture A traumatic fracture around or through the growth plate (the epiphyseal plate) of a bone in a child