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Replacement, total hip
Replacement, total hip: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed and replaced with artificial materials. A metal ball with a stem (a prosthesis) is inserted into the femur (thigh bone) and an…
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Show more- Impulsivity Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought. People who are overly impulsive, seem unable to curb their…
- Formula feeding Feeding an infant or toddler prepared formula rather than breast-feeding, or in addition to breast-feeding…
- Concussion of the brain A traumatic injury to the brain as a result of a violent blow, shaking, or spinning. A brain concussion can…
- SRAS Syndrome respiratoire aigu severe (in French). In English, severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS
- Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- Ileal pouch A surgically created chamber made up of a portion of the lower part of the ileum, the last (lowest) part of…
- Zhong-Wei Chen See: Chen, Zhong Wei
- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…
- Lockjaw See Tetanus
- Lavage Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons
- Yeast vaginitis Yeast vaginitis: Infection of the vagina by a fungus known as Candida, characteristically causing itching…
- Induced disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy