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Oral rehydration salts
ORS. A solution of glucose-based salt solution used in oral rehydration therapy. WHO and UNICEF recommend a single formulation of glucose-based ORS to treat or prevent dehydration from diarrhea from any cause, including cholera, and in…
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- Congenital achromatopsia, Pertaining to the conjunctiva, the clear moist membrane that covers the inner surfaces of the eyelids and the…
- Hotel-Dieu A name often given to a hospital in France during the Middle Ages. Hotel-Dieu literally means the hotel (of)…
- Oxygen tent A tent-like device used to deliver high levels of oxygen to a patient in a bed. The tent typically covers the…
- Pharmacologist A specialist in the study of medications and their effects on the body
- Nonmelanoma skin cancer Skin cancer that does not involve melanocytes. Basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer are nonmelanoma…
- First American medical journal The Medical Repository, founded in 1797 and published quarterly until 1824. The Medical Repository was the…
- Right heart The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart…
- Winter depression See: Tooth, wisdom.
- Penetrant trait A genetic trait (characteristic) that is present in the genome and manifests itself in the individual. By…
- Allodynia Pain from stimuli which are not normally painful. The pain may occur other than in the area stimulated…
- Axon A long fiber of a nerve cell (a neuron) that acts somewhat like a fiber-optic cable carrying outgoing…