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Fomentation
A quaint old term for the application of hot packs or the substance so applied. From the Latin 'fovimentum' which meant, no surprise, to 'a warm application.' To 'foment' means, literally, to warm or heat up. It is, figuratively, to…
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- Hair of the dog An alcoholic chaser reputed to relieve a hangover, usually needed the morning after imbibing too much…
- Osteolytic Pertaining to the dissolution of bone, especially the loss of calcium from bone. 'Punched-out' osteolytic…
- Lingual 1. Having to do with the tongue. 2. Next to the tongue. In dentistry, the tooth surface next to the tongue…
- Cranial nerve, first The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…
- Thrombocytopenia, heparin-induced See TAR syndrome.
- Velamentous insertion of umbilical cord An abnormal condition in which the umbilical cord does not insert into the placental mass but, instead…
- QNS On a lab report, Quantity Not Sufficient. The sample is not large enough to do the test
- Dol A unit of measurement of pain. The term dol was invented by James Hardy and his research colleagues Herbert…
- CEA assay Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the…
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome A disorder resulting from prolonged exposure to vibration, specifically to the hands and forearms while using…
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica A condition associated with hyperparathyroidism in which bone tissue is gradually replaced by cysts and fibers