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Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic insufficiency of the adrenal cortex. This may be due to a number of different insults to the adrenal including physical trauma, hemorrhage, and…
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- Albert Sabin See: Sabin, Albert
- Rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.
- Subconjunctival hemorrhage Hemorrhage: A very common cause of a painless bloody eye usually first noticed by somebody else or by the…
- Tumescent Swelling; slightly tumid (swollen). For example, tumescent liposuction involves pumping a solution beneath…
- Chondromalacia : Abnormal softening or degeneration of cartilage. See also patellofemoral syndrome
- Abscess A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body. The following are some examples of abscesses: > >A skin…
- Naming diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Medicine, transfusion Blood transfusion and blood conservation are the complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena…
- Upper GI series Upper GI series: A series of x-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine (upper gastrointestinal…
- Painful vulva Also called essential vulvodynia, a chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the…