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Maneuver, Heimlich
An emergency treatment for obstruction of the airway in adults. It may be needed when someone chokes on a piece of food that has 'gone down the wrong way.' To perform the Heimlich maneuver, stand behind the victim, wrap your arms around…
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- Absence of the nipple Medically called athelia, this is a rare condition but it is common in certain conditions. Athelia tends to…
- Prone The first sulfa drug to be discovered. Largely of historic interest today. The discovery was made by the…
- Gland 1. A group of cells that secrete a substance for use in the body. For example, the thyroid gland. 2. A group…
- Indirect immunofluorescence assay A laboratory test used to detect antibodies in serum or other body fluid. The specific antibodies are labeled…
- Quaque (on prescription) If a medicine is to be taken every so- many hours, it is written 'q_h'; the 'q' standing for the Latin word…
- Ginger Ginger: A perennial tropical herb that has been used as a treatment for nausea and bowel spasms. Ginger may…
- PV Stands for polycythemia vera, a condition characterized by overproduction (proliferation) of red blood cells…
- Plague bacterium genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…
- Torus fracture A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- EYCL1 A gene for green/blue eye color located on chromosome 19. See also: Eye color
- Sacral vertebrae There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are represented by the symbols S1 through S5 and are situated…