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Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as, sarcoidosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, asbestosis, and certain medications. Pulmonary fibrosis can also occur without an identifiable…
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- Meniscus injury Injuries to the crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone)…
- Count, platelet The calculated number of platelets in a volume of blood, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter…
- Spider phobia See: Arachnophobia
- DXA bone scan See: DXA
- Micturition syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon urinating. (Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Headache, Hogwarts See: Hogwarts headache
- Berserk Frenzied, enraged. From the Norse berserkr, one of the old Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy
- Cardiopathy Heart disease. A nonspecific term applicable to any and all diseases of the heart. From cardio- + the Greek…
- Nail cross furrows See: Beau's lines
- Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) The presence of AFP, a plasma protein normally produced by the fetus, in the mother's blood. MSAFP serves as…
- Autoinnoculation Inoculation of a microorganism obtained by contact with a lesion on one's own body, producing a secondary…