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Senility
1. Originally, old age. 2. The physical decline associated with old age. 3. The mental decline once associated with old age but now known to be due to dementia, as for instance Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis. 'The road to senility…
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- Lymphatics Small thin channels similar to blood vessels that do not carry blood, but collect and carry tissue fluid…
- Vaccination, polio The vaccines available for vaccination against polio are OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) and IPV (Inactivated Polio…
- Thermometer A device used to measure the temperature of gaseous, liquid or solid matter or of a chemical reaction such as…
- Microscope, simple A microscope that has a single converging lens (or a combination of lenses that function optically as a…
- Coma, diabetic Coma in a diabetic due to the buildup of ketones in the bloodstream. Ketones are a product of metabolizing…
- Meralgia paresthetica Meralgia paresthetica: Entrapment or pinching of the nerve that supplies sensation to the outer portion of…
- Pregnancy, acute fatty liver The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Fifth cranial nerve The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Mallet The malleus
- Otitis Inflammation of the ear. Depending upon which part of the ear is inflammed, there is otitis externa, otitis…