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Pulmonary
Having to do with the lungs. (The word comes from the Latin pulmo for lung).
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Show more- Acute kidney failure See: Acute renal failure
- Quasi- Prefix meaning seemingly. As, for example, in quasidominant, seemingly dominant.
- Edema, lymphatic See: Lymphedema>
- Child abuse, verbal Child abuse, verbal: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of…
- Red cell count The number of red blood cells (RBCs) in a volume of blood. The normal range varies slightly between…
- DT Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine.
- Obesity, endogenous Overweight caused by malfunction of the hormonal or metabolic system
- Reflex, let down The let down reflex of the mother is an involuntary reflex during breastfeeding which causes the milk to flow…
- Sebaceous gland A normal gland of the skin which empties an oily secretion into the hair follicle near the surface of the skin
- Chronic myeloid leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Tumor, sweat gland A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Multisection CT See: Multidetector computed tomography