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Emphysema
Emphysema: 1) A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a tissue called alveoli. As air continues to collect in these sacs, they become enlarged, and may break, or be damaged and form scar…
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- Exacerbation A worsening. In medicine, exacerbation may refer to an increase in the severity of a disease or its signs and…
- Pica A craving for something not normally regarded as nutritive. For example, dirt. Pica is a classic clue to iron…
- Neuralgia, postherpetic Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles that persists beyond one month. The most common…
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- Gareis-Mason syndrome An inherited (genetic) syndrome with characteristic features including (1) neurologically: mental retardation…
- Sidney Goldring See: Goldring, Sidney
- Oxygen mask A mask that covers the mouth and nose, and is hooked up to an oxygen tank. It delivers oxygen directly to the…
- Syndactyly, Poland A unique pattern of one- sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on…
- Flesh-eating bacteria A popular media term for a type of strep bacteria (group A streptococcus) which rapidly destroys tissue and…
- Turner syndrome Turner syndrome: A chromosome disorder in females that is characterized by the absence of all or part of a…