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Diagnosis
1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A conclusion or decision reached by diagnosis. The diagnosis is rabies. 3 The identification of any problem. The diagnosis was a plugged IV. The word diagnosis comes directly…
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- Mower injury Injury from a mower, a machine used to cut grass (or other grains or weeds) to an even length. The main…
- Nosocomial Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection…
- Diabetic coma Coma in a diabetic due to the buildup of ketones in the bloodstream. Ketones are a product of metabolizing…
- Telogen effluvium >The growing, or anagen, stage is the predominant phase (80% to 90% of a person's hair is usually in the…
- Poison Any substance that can cause severe distress or death if ingested, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin…
- Nerve, eighth cranial The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Yolk stalk A narrow tube present in the early embryo that connects the midgut of the embryo to the yolk sac outside the…
- Amphetamine A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically…
- Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…
- Assistant in dying See: Doula (the second meaning)