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Common cold
Common cold: A viral upper respiratory tract infection. This contagious illness can be caused by many different types of viruses, and the body can never build up resistance to all of them. For this reason, colds are a frequent and…
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Show more- Catatonic 1. Characterized by marked motor abnormalities including immobility (catalepsy or stupor), excessive motor…
- Voluntary Done in accordance with the conscious will of the individual. The opposite of involuntary. The terms…
- Hysterectomy, total Hysterectomy, total: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Senile chorea A relatively mild and uncommon disorder that occurs in elderly adults and is characterized by choreic…
- Inversion, chromosome A chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome…
- Thrombin A key clot promoter, thrombin is an enzyme that presides over the conversion of a substance called fibrinogen…
- McClintock See: McClintock, Barbara
- Carotid endarterectomy Endarterectomy (a surgical procedure designed to clean out material occluding an artery) done on the carotid…
- Vasovagal syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation (situational syncope) due to a…
- Golfer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs when playing golf…
- Joints of the body, principal >Acromioclavicular >Ankle (tibia-fibula and talus) >Atlas and axis >Atlas and occipital >Calcaneocuboid…
- Erythropoietin test Erythropoietin test: A test of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in blood. An abnormal level of EPO may mean…