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Infection, nosocomial
An infection acquired in a hospital. Specifically an infection that was not present or incubating prior to the patient being admitted to the hospital, but occurred within 72 hours after admittance to the hospital. After antibiotics came…
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Show more- Drugs, statin A class of drugs that lower cholesterol. There are currently at least 5 statin drugs on the market in the…
- Northern blot A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Nephritis Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by…
- Ventricle, lateral >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase An enzyme also known as Pin1. See: Pin1
- Coronary insufficiency Insufficient blood flow through one or more coronary arteries
- Seizure, focal motor See: Focal motor seizure
- Tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Shoulder pain Pain in the shoulder due to an injury or disease. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices…
- Hygiene The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of…
- Osteitis Osteitis is inflammation of the bone. For example, patients with what is called the SAPHO syndrome develop…
- Ventriculopleural shunt A shunt that drains fluid from a cerebral ventricle into the pleural (chest) cavity. The shunt is designed to…