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Enuresis
Involuntary urination, which may be caused by a variety of factors. These include disorders of the kidneys, bladder, or ureter; and poor control of the muscles that control release of urine. Enuresis is also occasionally associated with…
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- Meditation A self-directed practice for relaxing the body and calming the mind. Most meditative techniques have come to…
- Bicuspid Having two flaps or cusps. The heart valve that is called the bicuspid valve is located between the left…
- Prostheses More than one prosthesis. See: Prosthesis
- Rheumatology A subspecialty of internal medicine that involves the non-surgical evaluation and treatment of the rheumatic…
- Levo- Abbreviated LAAM. An alternative to methadone. See: LAAM.
- Choking (object in airway) Partial or complete obstruction of the airway can be due to a foreign body (e.g., food, a bead, toy, etc.)…
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Disease, Alpers See: Alpers disease
- DNA In the UK, DNA is an abbreviation for "did not attend." (In the US, the term used for a patient who missed an…
- Landry's ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Patient autonomy The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to…