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Bulla
A fluid-filled blister more than 5 mm (about 3/16 inch) in diameter with thin walls. A bulla on the skin is a blister. A bulla on the pleura (the membrane covering the lung) is also called a bleb. In Latin a bulla was a 'bubble, stud or…
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- Incompatibility, Rh The state of mother and fetus having different Rh blood group types so that their Rh types are…
- Arthrogryposis Joint contractures that develop before birth (prenatally) and are evident at birth (congenitally). A newborn…
- Fatty acids,omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…
- Omega-3 fatty acids Omega-3 fatty acids: A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water…
- Hippocratic Oath One of the oldest binding documents in history, the Oath written by Hippocrates is still held sacred by…
- Mycobacterium leprae The bacillus responsible for leprosy (Hansen disease). Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate parasite that has…
- Fever therapy Fever therapy: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the…
- Pachymeninx The dura. From pachy- (thick) + -meninx (membrane). The plural is pachymeninges
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