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Co-payment
A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to offset some of the cost of care. Co-payments are a common feature of HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) and PPO (Preferred Provider…
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Show more- Gigantism Excessive growth both in height and specific body parts. Gigantism with extreme height may be associated with…
- Syncope, heat Sudden dizziness or fainting experienced after exercising in the heat. The skin appears pale and sweaty but…
- New, fear of the An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called…
- Ecchymosis The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses…
- Left ventricular assist device See: Ventricular assist device
- Hallucinogenic 1. As an adjective: Producing hallucinations. From hallucino- + -genic, a word ending meaning producing. 2…
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…
- Multislice computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Disease, Fabry See: Fabry disease
- Intramuscular (IM) An intramuscular (IM) medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that…
- Patella The kneecap by another name, the patella is the small bone that is in the front of the knee. The patella is a…
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia.