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Internal cardiac defibrillator
A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) and correct them. Defibrillators continuously monitor the heart rhythm in order to detect overly rapid arrhythmias such as >…
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Show more- Pelvis, android There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
- Neuronitis, vestibular See: Vestibular neuronitis
- Syndrome, trisomy 13 Condition with three rather than the normal two chromosomes #13. Children born with this syndrome have…
- Quadriplegic Pertaining to quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs -- both arms and both legs), as from a high spinal…
- Therapy, PUVA See: PUVA
- Heberden disease >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…
- Pectoral muscles Muscles of the 'anterior chest' (the front of the chest). Familiarly called the pecs. The Latin 'pectus'…
- Saccular From the Latin 'sacculus' meaning a small pouch. As for example the alveolar saccules (little air pouches)…
- Cancer, leukemia Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells. Leukemias are grouped by how quickly the disease develops…
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3 ALS3. An adult-onset form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal dominant manner…
- Diet, Mediterranean See: Mediterranean diet
- Remission Disappearance of the signs and symptoms of cancer or other disease. When this happens, the disease is said to…