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Show more- Hypoxia A subnormal concentration of oxygen. By contrast with normoxia (normal oxygen) and anoxia (the absence or…
- Meningococcal infection Infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. (Neisseria was formerly called Meningococcus and the…
- Prostaglandin F2-alpha One of the prostaglandins, a group of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body…
- Perianal Located around the anus, the opening of the rectum to the outside of the body. Peri- is a prefix borrowed…
- Lepra 1. Leprosy (Hansen disease) 2. Before the mid 19th century, psoriasis.The acronym LEPRA stands for the…
- Pediatric renal infection See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Center for Devices & Radiological Health Abbreviated CDRH. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Psychosis, intensive care unit A disorder in which patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a similar hospital setting may experience…
- Vaccination, DTaP Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- Radiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Schmorl's node An upward and downward protrusion (pushing into) of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the…
- Skittling Street name for the high produced by abuse of the drug dextromethorphan