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Pulmonary therapy
Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic fibrosis and after surgery
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Show more- Lassa fever An acute viral infection found in the tropics, especially in West Africa. Epidemics of Lassa fever have…
- Bowel disease, inflammatory A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Phylogenetics A physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Physiatrists specialize in restoring…
- Vein, portal A large vein that carries blood from the stomach and the intestines to the liver. The portal vein is formed…
- United States Pharmacopeia Abbreviated USP. A publication, established in 1820, that contains legally recognized standards of identity…
- Left heart hypoplasia syndrome A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta, aortic…
- Clap Gonorrhea, a bacterial infection transmitted by sexual contact. Gonorrhea is one of the oldest known sexually…
- Pathologist A doctor who identifies diseases by studying cells and tissues under a microscope
- Polio vaccine, killed See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- NEP 1. Neutral endopeptidase. See: Metallomembrane endopeptidase.2. Neuroepithelial
- Quadriplegic Pertaining to quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs -- both arms and both legs), as from a high spinal…
- Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar (glucose). When symptoms of hypoglycemia occur together with a documented blood…