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Middle ear infection, acute
Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually…
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Show more- Biological therapy Biological therapy: Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight…
- Ambulatory Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized
- Pulmonary function test A test designed to measure how well the lungs are working. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) gauge how the…
- Hepatic encephalopathy Brain dysfunction directly due to liver dysfunction, most often recognized in advanced liver disease. Hepatic…
- AHD Abbreviation for alveolar hydatid disease; American Hospital Directory; and atherosclerotic heart disease
- Fear of insects An abnormal and persistent fear of insects. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Dejerine-Klumpke palsy See: Klumpke palsy
- ICU Intensive Care Unit.
- CD10 A cell surface enzyme with neutral metalloendopeptidase activity. CD10 is also known as CALLA (common acute…
- Hirsutism Having an overabundance of hair. A person with hirsutism is said to be hirsute (pronounced hir-suit)…
- OB Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the…
- Body mass index A key index for relating a person's body weight to their height. The body mass index (BMI) is a person's…