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Defensive medicine
Medical practices designed to avert the future possibility of malpractice suits. In defensive medicine, responses are undertaken primarily to avoid liability rather than to benefit the patient. Doctors may order tests, procedures, or…
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Show more- Public mourning The public display of grief. This may take many forms ranging from the very formal to the very informal, from…
- Therapy, electroconvulsive See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Color hearing A form of chromesthesia in which hearing a musical tone elicits the perception of a color. In one case, an…
- Suppressant, cough A drug used to control coughing, particularly with a dry, nagging, unproductive cough
- Journal, medical, first American The first U.S. medical journal, the Medical Repository was founded in 1797 and published quarterly until…
- Lymphocytic colitis Lymphocytic colitis> A type of inflammatory disease of the large intestine (colon). The name derives from the…
- Bleb A bladder-like structure more than 5 mm in diameter with thin walls that may be full of fluid. Also called a…
- Xerogram A picture of the body recorded on paper rather than on film. Also called a xeroradiograph. From the Greek…
- Stasis dermatitis A skin irritation on the lower legs generally related to circulatory problems. Stasis refers to a stoppage or…
- Ear, cauliflower An acquired deformity of the external ear to which wrestlers and boxers are particularly vulnerable. The…
- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Deficiency, iron The most common known form of nutritional disorder in the world, iron deficiency results in anemia because…