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Bursitis, septic
A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as 'bursitis.' When the bursa is infected with bacteria, the…
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Show more- Zona 1. A synonym for shingles. 2. Any zone or encircling area. 3. Any area with a specific boundary. Zona, Latin…
- Mimesis Imitation or mimicry. Mimesis in medicine refers to the hysterical simulation of organic disease and to the…
- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…
- Aortal Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortal is not often encountered (except in The New…
- Filial 1. In genetics, the first generation that results from the crossing of two parental lines, as the filial…
- Musical hallucinosis See: Musical hallucination
- Fructose A sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and honey. Fructose has 4 calories per gram
- Colpoptosis A condition in which the vagina has dropped from its normal position against the abdominal wall
- Lilliputian hallucination An hallucination in which things, people, or animals seem smaller than they would be in real life…
- Sinus barotrauma Sinus troubles, particularly with pain and a feeling of pressure, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as…
- Neuralgia Pain along the course of a nerve
- Aorta, ascending The ascending aorta is the first section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The ascending aorta…