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Situs inversus totalis
A condition in which there is complete right to left reversal (transposition) of the thoracic and abdominal organs. For example, the heart is not in its usual position in the left chest but is in the right chest. (This is position of the…
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Show more- Carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome: A type of compression neuropathy (nerve damage) caused by compression and irritation…
- Acute brain syndrome See: Delirium
- Nosocomial Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection…
- Torsion fracture A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. align=center>
- Multidetector-row computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- Hct (hematocrit) Hematocrit): Abbreviation for hematocrit. The hematocrit is the proportion, by volume, of the blood that…
- Human Development, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Diabetes, unstable A term used when a diabetic person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly and widely from high to…
- Systemic therapy Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
- Adipose most abundant gene transcript 1 Abbreviated APM1. The APM1 gene encodes the hormone adiponectin
- Myeloperoxidase deficiency Deficiency of the enzyme myeloperoxidase which may predispose to severe fungal infections. The enzyme is…