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Claudication, intermittent
Claudication, intermittent: An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs with walking and goes away with rest -- due to poor circulation of blood in the arteries of the legs…
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- Coronary artery bypass graft Coronary artery bypass graft: Abbreviated CABG. A form of bypass surgery that can create new routes around…
- Bayes' theorem See: Bayes theorem
- Post-term Overly mature, overly developed, especially as regards a baby that has not been born until well after the…
- Strontium ranelate An agent consisting of two atoms of stable strontium and ranelic acid. Strontium ranelate stimulates the…
- Trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- Subcutaneous hematoma A bruise
- Cardiac rehabilitation A program for people with heart disease designed to reduce future heart risks. Cardiac rehabilitation usually…
- PH meter A simple and speedy device to measure the acidity and alkalinity of a fluid. A pH meter acts as a volt meter…
- Mycobacterium leprae The bacillus responsible for leprosy (Hansen disease). Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate parasite that has…
- Endometrial cancer Cancer of the womb (the uterus ). Endometrial cancer occurs most often in women between the ages of 55 and 70…
- Polycystic kidney disease, infantile See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive