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Ulcerative gingivitis
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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- Syndrome, adult respiratory distress Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- C1 (cervical vertebra) C1 is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is called the atlas. It supports the head. The atlas bone is…
- Rickettsioses The infectious diseases caused by the rickettsiae. See Rickettsial diseases
- Alpha-ET Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine
- Dysfunction, orgasmic See: Anorgasmia
- Therapy, pulmonary Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Prognosis 1. The expected course of a disease.2. The patient's chance of recovery. The prognosis predicts the outcome…
- Corneal topography Also known as videokeratography or corneal mapping, corneal topography is a method of computer-assisted…
- Polio vaccine, Salk See polio vaccine, inactivated
- Off-pump surgery A technique for heart surgery designed to avoid use of the heart-lung machine. The technique permits surgery…