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Aetiology
The study of the causes. For example, of a disorder. The word 'aetiology' is mainly used in medicine, where it is the science that deals with the causes or origin of disease, the factors which produce or predispose toward a certain disease…
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- Angiotensin II receptor blocker A medication that blocks the action of angiotensin II, permitting the blood vessels to relax and dilate…
- Nursing home A residential facility for persons with chronic illness or disability, particularly older people who have…
- Hydrocephalus, communicating Hydrocephalus in which there is no obstruction to the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Specifically…
- LPA Little People of America. The abbreviation also for the left pulmonary artery
- Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) A bacterium that causes Johne's disease, a form of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in cattle…
- Hyperthyroid Excess of thyroid hormone resulting from an overactive thyroid gland (or taking too much thyroid hormone)…
- Culdoscopy The introduction of a viewing tube (called an endoscope or culdoscope) through the end of the vagina into the…
- Risk factor Something that increases a person's chances of developing a disease
- Burn Damage to the skin or other body parts caused by extreme heat, flame, contact with heated objects, or…
- Intern In medicine, a doctor who has completed medical school and is engaged in a year of additional training at a…
- Aphasia, amnesic See Anomia