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ADLs (activities of daily living)
The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure. The ability or inability to perform ADLs can be used…
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Show more- Hendra virus A virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus, that can cause illness in horses and humans. First identified…
- Specificity 1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis. 2. The…
- Electroshock therapy See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin): Aspirin is a good example of a tradename that has entered into the language…
- Deafness with goiter Deafness with goiter: See Pendred syndrome
- Coronary artery bypass graft Coronary artery bypass graft: Abbreviated CABG. A form of bypass surgery that can create new routes around…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Addison disease Addison disease: Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic…
- IgA Immunoglobulin A, a major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as…
- Chickenpox Immunization designed to prevent or lessen the severity of the common disease known as chickenpox. The…
- Tummy 1. Babytalk for the stomach. The word tummy is derived from stomach.2. Slang for a paunch. A big tummy raises…
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…