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Contusion
Another name for a bruise. What is a bruise ? A bruise, or contusion, is caused when blood vessels are damaged or broken as the result of a blow to the skin (be it bumping against something or hitting yourself with a hammer). The raised…
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Show more- Cotton rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Birth companion See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Medigap policy In the US, a Medicare supplement insurance policy sold by private insurance companies to fill 'gaps' in…
- Cortisol The primary stress hormone. Cortisol is the major natural GLUCOCORTICOID (GC) in humans
- NINR The National Institute of Nursing Research, one of the National Institutes of Health
- NICHD A silver-white metallic element. Long-term exposure to nickel, such as from jewelry, can cause a form of…
- Weight Watchers
- Naprosyn See: Naproxen
- Pollex The thumb. Pollex is derived from the Latin pollere, to be strong, because in a contest of strength the thumb…
- Palsy Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function)…
- Hospital code While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.