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Abdominal guarding
Tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them. The tensing is detected when the abdomen wall is pressed. Guarding is a characteristic finding in the physical…
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Show more- Passive exercise Movement of the body, usually of the limbs, without effort by the patient. The patient is passive
- Migraine, classic Migraine with aura. Accounts for no more than most 20% of migraines. See Migraine
- Hidrotic Pertaining to hidrosis, sweating, the production of perspiration. Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is the form…
- Gamma globulin A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common antibodies circulating…
- Membrane attack complex Abbreviated MAC. An abnormal activation of the complement (protein) portion of the blood, forming a cascade…
- Tooth, cracked, syndrome A toothache caused by a broken tooth (tooth fracture) without associated cavity or advanced gum disease…
- Parathyroid adenoma A small tumor of the parathyroid gland and the most common disorder of the gland. Parathyroid adenomas are…
- Macrophagic myofasciitis A muscle disease first identified in 1993, macrophagic myofasciitis is named for the findings seen in tissue…
- Glottis The middle part of the larynx, the area where the vocal cords are located
- Venereal disease A disease that is contracted and transmitted by sexual contact, caused by microorganisms that survive on the…
- Prostheses More than one prosthesis. See: Prosthesis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome Thoracic outlet syndrome: A condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibers between the armpit…