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Catheter, Foley
A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder to provide continuous urinary drainage. The 'Foley' has a balloon on the bladder end. After the catheter is inserted in the bladder, the balloon is inflated (with air or fluid)…
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- Diseases, rickettsial The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae fall into 4 groups:(1) typhus: epidemic typhus…
- Toxin One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term 'toxin' is frequently…
- Anhidrosis Not sweating. From the Greek an- meaning a lack of + hidros meaning sweat = lack of sweat. The inability to…
- Obstruction, airway See: Airway obstruction
- Amebic dysentery Dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba…
- Disease, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing disease (or…
- Hypertension High blood pressure, defined as a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg -- a systolic…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): A classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Balanitis, circinate A form of skin inflammation around the penis in males with Reiter's syndrome. The skin around the shaft and…
- Disease, Heberden >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…