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Machine, continuous passive motion machine
A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is attached to, for example, a knee that has had surgery. The CPM machine then constantly moves the knee through a range of motion for…
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Show more- Forensic medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Needlestick injury A penetrating stab wound from a needle (or other sharp object) that may result in exposure to blood or other…
- Striatum Part of the basal ganglia of the brain. The basal ganglia are interconnected masses of gray matter located in…
- Sex before sports Sexual intercourse before an athletic event. A commonly held belief in sports is that athletes should not…
- Uterine retroversion A slight to dramatic placement of the uterus that orients it toward the back. A tipped uterus is common and…
- Psychodynamic drug See: Psychotropic drug
- Comorbidity The coexistence of two or more disease processes.
- Defibrillation The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the…
- Resistance, pulmonary The opposition of the respiratory tree to air flow
- Body, amygdaloid See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Gy Abbreviation for gray
- Saffron An extremely costly yellow spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)…