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Bursitis
4 cel ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Bursitis Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Bursitis Bursitis: Bursitis is inflammation of a bursa. A…
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Show more- Node, sinus The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Ends Results See: SEER
- Nat'l Inst. of Child Health and Human Dev.(NICHD) Nt (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for kids in that it is…
- Liquid nitrogen Nitrogen in a liquid state. Liquid nitrogen is supercool -- about 200 degrees Celsius (320 degrees…
- Zygoma The part of the temporal bone of the skull that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygoma is also known…
- Atrial septum The wall between the two upper chambers (the right and left atrium) of the heart
- Syphilis, tertiary The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Hypochloremia Low blood levels of chloride. Chloride is the major anion found in the fluid outside of cells and in blood…
- Unwell Not well or in good health, ailing, sick, indisposed. For example, 'I am well-nigh choked with the sulfurous…
- Hyperthermia : Overheg of the body. This may be due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to…
- GVHD Graft-versus-host disease
- Abortion, recurrent The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…