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Jellyfish sting
: The injection into the skin of venom from the stinging unit (the nematocyst) of the jellyfish. The jellyfish tentacles can extend for several feet and are lined with venom-filled cells (nematocysts). One tentacle may fire thousands of…
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- Outpatient A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalized) but instead is cared for elsewhere -- as in a doctor's…
- LFCN Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. See also: Meralgia paresthetica
- Single upper palm line See: Simian crease
- Coma, diabetic Coma in a diabetic due to the buildup of ketones in the bloodstream. Ketones are a product of metabolizing…
- Travel medicine Travel medicine: A branch of medicine that specializes in diseases and conditions that are acquired during…
- BKA Acronym standing for 'below knee amputation.' A nurse scrubbing for a BKA is preparing to assist in a…
- Corns Corns: Small calloused areas of skin caused by local pressure irritating tissue over a bony prominence. Corns…
- Hyponatremia An abnormally low concentration of sodium in the blood. Too little sodium can cause cells to malfunction, and…
- Shin bone fever Fever: Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs, this disease…
- Rad Radiation absorbed dose, a measure for a dose of ionizing radiation
- Deficiency, UROD See: UROD deficiency