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Condition
The term 'condition' has a number of biomedical meanings including the following: > >An unhealthy state, such as in 'this is a progressive condition.' >A state of fitness, such as 'getting into condition.' >Something that is essential to…
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Show more- Auditory prosthesis A device that enhances the ability to hear or substitutes for it. More commonly called a hearing aid. See…
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome See: Cystocele.
- Shell shock The World War I name for what is known today as post-traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that…
- Clinical social worker, licensed See: Licensed clinical social worker
- Tendo Achilles See: Achilles tendon
- Vesicointestinal See: Vesicoenteric
- Turcot syndrome A genetic disease characterized by polyps in the colon (large intestine) in addition to tumors in the brain…
- Quotient The result of mathematical division. The I.Q. (Intelligence Quotient) is arrived at by dividing the person's…
- Hypertensive Having abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension). See also: Hypotensive; Normotensive
- ECochG Electrocochleography
- Syndrome, yeast The yeast Candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of nonspecific problems including…
- Doxorubicin cardiomyopathy Brand name: Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from tetracycline. Doxycycline is used…