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Cushingoid
Having the constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone: that is, Cushing syndrome. While facial puffiness and weight gain are typical features of a Cushingoid appearance, cushing syndrome is an extremely…
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Show more- Bones of the skeleton The human body has 206 bones. These consist of 80 axial (head and trunk) bones and 126 appendicular (upper…
- Anticonvulsant A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There…
- Hereditary prostate cancer Prostate cancer: A genetic form of prostate cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is clearly genetic. Men with…
- Range of motion The range through which a joint can be moved, usually its range of flexion and extension. Due to an injury…
- Nomenclature of diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Glaucoma Glaucoma: A common eye condition in which the fluid pressure inside the eyes rises because of slowed fluid…
- Disease, Still See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Abruptio (abruptio placentae) Premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus. Abruption is a potentially serious problem…
- Stool occult blood test A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a fecal occult blood test: A test to…
- Saphenous vein, small The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- St. Louis encephalitis A disease caused by a virus (first observed in Illinois in 1932) transmitted from birds to the common Culex…
- Extracranial Outside the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain. As opposed to intracranial, inside the…