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Dysthymia
Dysthymia: A type of depression involving long-term, chronic symptoms that are not disabling, but keep a person from functioning at 'full steam' or from feeling good. Dysthymia is a less severe type of depression than what is accorded the…
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Show more- Intramuscular (IM) An intramuscular (IM) medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that…
- Multiple lentigines syndrome See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Cardioplegia Paralysis of the heart, as may be done electively in stopping the heart during cardiac surgery. Cardioplegia…
- Line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.
- Y (in chemistry) The symbol for the element yttrium, an ultrarare metal named after Ytterby in southern Sweden. Yttrium has…
- Bariatrician A physician practicing bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss. Also called a bariatric…
- Infant iron supplementation Iron is included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that iron supplementation is…
- GHB Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, this is gamma hydroxybutyrate, a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for…
- Intervertebral disk A pad of cartilage between two vertebrae that acts as a shock absorber
- Psychiatrist A physician (an M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness…
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Abbreviated ERCP. A procedure done to diagnose and treat problems in the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and…