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Tongue cancer
Cancer: Malignancy of the tongue; squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Risk factors include smoking tobacco, smokeless tobacco, heavy alcohol intake, and dentures. Tongue cancer usually occurs after the age of 40, with men affected more…
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- ARDS ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A fulminant lung condition in which trauma to the lungs leads to…
- Ecchymosis The skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses…
- Nervus ulnaris See: Ulnar nerve
- Ventricular septum The wall between the two lower chambers (the right and left ventricles) of the heart
- HSA 1. In the US, Health Saving Account.2. Human serum albumin
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Iatry International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. A remarkable example of a global not-for-profit organization working…
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…
- Takayasu disease Takayasu disease: A chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its branch arteries. The cause is unknown…
- Brittle diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- MS 1. Multiple sclerosis. See also entry to: Multiple sclerosis.2. Mass spectrometry