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Paroxysm
In medicine, a paroxysm is a violent attack. It may be due to the sudden occurrence of symptoms or the acute exacerbation (the abrupt worsening) of preexisting symptoms. You may have 'a paroxysm of coughing' as opposed, for example, to 'a…
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Show more- Emergency physician A physician focused on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further…
- Hospice care Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort…
- Pinched nerve See: Nerve compression
- Breast trauma Breast trauma: Physical damage to a breast. If a breast is injured by trauma, tiny blood vessels may rupture…
- Scrub 1. As a verb, to wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as before engaging in surgery. To scrub implies…
- Pineoblastoma A fast-growing brain tumor in the pineal gland that originates in germ cells. Also known as a pineal teratoma
- Nephritis, infective tubulointerstitial Inflammation of the kidney due to infection. Symptoms include nausea, pain in the kidney area, fever, and…
- Abortion, multiple Two or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) by a woman. Couples who have had multiple abortions have…
- Lactation The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the…
- Gingivitis, phagedenic This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Cholangiogram A radiologic procedure used to look at the gallbladder and bile ducts. See also: Intravenous cholangiogram.
- Galton, Sir Francis English advocate of eugenics, the idea of improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by…