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Triage
The process of sorting people based on their need for immediate medical treatment as compared to their chance of benefiting from such care. Triage is done in emergency rooms, disasters and wars when limited medical resources must be…
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- Hemophilia A Classic hemophilia, due to profound deficiency of factor VIII, a blood factor necessary to normal clotting…
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Thoracotomy An operation to open the chest
- Birthmark A persistent visible mark on the skin that is evident at birth or shortly thereafter. A birthmark is often…
- Adductor muscle Any muscle that pulls a body part toward the midline. For example, the adductor muscles of the legs pull the…
- Retrospective diagnosis See: Retrodiagnosis
- Disease, coronary artery >Chest pain (angina pectoris) from inadequate blood flow to the heart; >Heart attack (acute myocardial…
- Pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy A rare genetic disease that is passed on via an autosomal recessive gene. It is characterized by abnormal…
- AIDS-related complex A term used to describe people with HIV infection who have only mild symptoms of illness such as swollen…
- Jackson-Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Disease, gum Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and holds them…