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Patent (noun)
A device giving exclusive control and possession. Before the commercialization of biomedical inventions, the word 'patent' in this sense had no place in a medical dictionary. Now the patent is the foundation of the biotechnology industry.
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- Orthostatic hypotension A temporary lowering of blood pressure (hypotension) due usually to suddenly standing up (orthostatic)…
- Blade bone Familiar term for the scapula, also called the shoulder blade or wing bone, the flat triangular bone at the…
- Positive pressure ventilation The provision of oxygen under pressure by a mechanical respirator, a machine designed to improve the exchange…
- Paragonimiasis Infection with the trematode (parasitic worm) Paragonimus. More than 10 species of trematodes (flukes) of the…
- Syndrome, thoracic outlet A condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibers between the armpit (axilla) and base of the…
- Amelanotic Without melanin. A skin lesion that is amelanotic lacks the pigment melanin and therefore is essentially…
- TPN Total parenteral nutrition, intravenous feeding that provides a patient with all of the fluid and the…
- Bullae More than one bulla, a bulla being a blister more than 5 mm (about 3/16 inch) in diameter with thin walls…
- Microcephaly Microcephaly: An abnormally small head due to failure of brain growth. In precise terms, microcephaly is a…
- Stenotic Narrowed, as in a stenotic artery. From the Greek 'stenos' meaning narrow
- Grand mal A form of epilepsy characterized by tonic-clonic seizures. involving two phases -- the tonic phase in which…