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Poisoning, antifreeze
Poisoning from antifreeze which today is usually ethylene glycol -- a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with a sweet taste -- that can produce dramatic and dangerous toxicity. Ethylene glycol is found most commonly in automotive cooling…
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Show more- Behavior, automatic A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Cancer anorexia Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity…
- Plague, black In the 14th century the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage)…
- Morton neuroma See Morton's neuroma
- Miosis Contraction of the pupil. The opposite of mydriasis.
- Materfamilias The female head of the family; the mother figure. Materfamilias is the Latin for mother of the household. It…
- Myocyte, cardiac See: Cardiac myocyte
- Zoll, Paul M. American cardiologist (1911-1999) and pioneer in the development of the cardiac monitor, pacemaker and…
- Zellweger syndrome A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Unresectable Unable to be removed (resected) by surgery. To resect is to remove. At the time of diagnosis of esophageal…
- Urine Liquid waste. The urine is a clear, transparent fluid. It normally has an amber color. The average amount of…
- LCSW Licensed clinical social worker