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Costochondritis
Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage of the chest wall, usually involving that which surrounds the breast bone (sternum). It causes local pain and tenderness of the chest around the sternum.
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- Fingernail A fingernail is produced by living skin cells in the finger. A fingernail consists of several parts including…
- Postoperative care Care given after surgery until the patient is discharged from the hospital or surgicenter and, in some cases…
- Spinal compression The act of exerting an abnormal amount of pressure on the spinal cord. Spinal compression may, for instance…
- Cytoskeleton The scaffolding structure of the cell cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton consists of intermediate filaments, actin…
- Incontinence, urge A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate…
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS. AIDS is a disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Also referred to as…
- Upper leg The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…
- Amyloidosis, hereditary Amyloidosis, hereditary: A familial (inherited) disorder in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate in…
- Voiding cystourethrogram A test done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid (that…
- Regional enteritis Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and large intestines…