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Diabetes, type 1
An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are needed to produce insulin, so that the pancreas makes too little insulin (or no insulin). Without the capacity to make adequate…
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Show more- Ileus Obstruction of the intestine due to it being paralyzed. The paralysis does not need to be complete to cause…
- Coronary insufficiency Insufficient blood flow through one or more coronary arteries
- Turgor Gree of elasticity of skin, sometimes referred to as skin turgor. The assessment of skin turgor is used…
- Sense, balance Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…
- Hematology-oncology The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases (hematology) and cancer (oncology) and research…
- Hypnic 1. Inducing sleep. 2. Pertaining to sleep. A hypnic jerk is a sleep start or jerk. From the Greek hypnikos…
- Medicine, forensic See: Forensic medicine
- Reinnervate To restore nerve function after it has been lost. See: Reinnervation
- Pericardial effusion Too much fluid within the pericardium, the fibrous sac that surrounds the heart. The pericardium normally…
- Hospital-acquired infection An infection caught while hospitalized. The medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is 'nosocomial.'…
- Plasmapheresis A procedure designed to deplete the body of blood plasma (the liquid part of the blood) without depleting the…
- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery