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GOLD-3
One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). GOLD-3 is stage III in the GOLD classification of COPD and indicates 'severe COPD.' This stage is…
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Show more- Single upper palm line See: Simian crease
- Vincent gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Ultrasound, endoscopic See: Endoscopic ultrasound
- Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia: Low blood sugar (glucose). When symptoms of hypoglycemia occur together with a documented blood…
- Bubonic plague The most common form of the plague, named for the characteristic buboes -- buboes are enlarged lymph nodes…
- Sunburn Sunburn is an inflammation of the skin that develops in response to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis One of a series of inherited metabolic disorders affecting a type of complex carbohydrate called a…
- Pinealoma An uncommon slow-growing tumor of the pineal gland. Symptoms include hydrocephalus, paralysis of upward gaze…
- Plano In practical optics, a surface that has been worked flat
- Mechanical ventilation Use of a machine called a ventilator or respirator to improve the exchange of air between the lungs and the…
- Sulfonylurea A class of oral hypoglycemic agents (pills and capsules taken to lower the level of blood glucose) by people…
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome