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Oxygen tent
A tent-like device used to deliver high levels of oxygen to a patient in a bed. The tent typically covers the whole bed of an infant and the head and upper body of an older child or adult. The oxygen is pumped in from a tank. Oxygen is a…
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Show more- Bietti crystalline dystrophy A genetic eye disease that leads to progressive night blindness and visual field constriction and is…
- Genome, plague See: Plague bacterium genome
- Glutamine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Glutamine is present in plant and animal proteins…
- Puncture, lumbar A lumbar puncture or 'LP' is a procedure whereby spinal fluid is removed from the spinal canal for the…
- Translocation, Robertsonian A relatively very common and medically significant type of chromosome rearrangement that is formed by fusion…
- Adverse drug event See: Adverse reaction
- Ear puncture Puncture of the ear drum may be due to an accident for example when something is stuck into the ear. Or it…
- Anemia, refractory Anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) unresponsive to treatment
- Prostatectomy, radical See: Radical prostatectomy
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource…
- Bradypnea (Pronounced brad-ip-nea.) Abnormally slow breathing. A respiratory rate that is too slow. The normal rate of…
- Twilight sleep Sleep: A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) produced by…