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Pyelo
Short for pyelonephritis, which is bacterial infection of the kidney. Pyelonephritis can be acute (sudden) or chronic (slow, subtle, and stubborn). It is most often due to the ascent of bacteria from the bladder up the ureters to infect…
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Show more- Access 1. In general, a means of approaching something. 2. In health care, the opportunity or right to receive…
- Osteoblast A cell that makes bone. It does so by producing a matrix that then becomes mineralized. Bone mass is…
- Bacteriocidal The science and study of bacteria and their relation to medicine and to other areas such as agriculture…
- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Radioactive Emitting energy waves due to decaying atomic nuclei. Radioactive substances are used in medicine as tracers…
- Bogorad's syndrome Named after the Russian neuropathologist who described the syndrome of crocodile tears. See: Crocodile tears…
- Dreams Thoughts, visions, and other sensations that occupy the mind in sleep. Dreams occur during that part of sleep…
- Mourning, public See: Public mourning
- ALS5 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5
- Detoxify To reduce or eliminate the toxicity of a substance or poison. To promote the recovery of a person from an…
- Policy, Medigap See: Medigap policy>
- B. quintana Also called Rochalimaea quintana), Bartonella quintana is an unusual rickettsial organism that can multiply…