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Barotrauma
Trauma caused by rapid or extreme changes in air pressure, especially affecting enclosed cavities within the body such as the middle ear (otic barotrauma), the sinuses (sinus barotrauma), and the lungs (pulmonary barotrauma). See also…
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Show more- Palpate To touch or feel. For example, the edge of an enlarged liver may be palpated below the rib cage. From the…
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of…
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Plague Plague: The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly…
- Cephalothoracic lipodystrophy A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Pregnancy symptoms Pregnancy symptoms: A symptom or sign of pregnancy. These symptoms and signs depend upon the time in…
- Tonsillolith A tiny stone (calculus) in the tonsils. Also referred to as a tonsillith. These stones, called tonsilloliths…
- Pericarditis Pericarditis: Inflammation of the lining around the heart (the pericardium) causing chest pain and…
- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura A blood disorder characterized by the destruction of blood platelets due to the presence of antiplatelet…
- Tuberculotic See: Tuberculous
- MiRNA Micro-RNA
- Meningococcus A type of bacteria now formally known as Neisseria meningitidis, which is responsible for a number of…