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Arrhythmias, slow
Abnormally slow heart rhythms, medically termed bradycardia
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- Shunt 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that…
- Materia medica 1. The ingredients used to make medications, whether those be for medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, or…
- Iridectomy, peripheral See Peripheral iridectomy
- Interstice A small space between things, especially between things that are usually closely spaced, such as cells…
- Dermal Suffix indicating a relationship to the skin. As in ectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal; epidermal; and an…
- Allergic rhinitis Medical term for hay fever, a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold. (Hay fever is a misnomer…
- Syndrome, Hurler An inherited error of metabolism in which there is deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase which…
- Arc eye A condition experienced by welders who do not use adequate eye protection. The intense ultraviolet light…
- Acathisia See: Akathisia