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Methemoglobin
A particular type of hemoglobin that is altered so that it is useless for carrying oxygen and delivering it to tissues throughout the human body. Since hemoglobin is the key carrier of oxygen in the blood, its wholesale replacement by…
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- Psychotropic medication Any medication capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior. Some medications such as lithium, which…
- Nasoenteral tube See: Nasogastric tube
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, extrapulmonary. See also: Tuberculous meningitis
- Apoplexy A venerable term for a stroke, a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), often associated with loss of consciousness…
- Anoscope An Anoscope is an instrument used for visualization of the anus and lowest portion of the rectum. An anoscope…
- P. acnes See: Propionibacterium acnes
- Buschke disease See: Scleredema
- Disease, Kawasaki A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes…
- House Hospital. As in house officer, house staff, and house surgeon
- Dilatate To enlarge or expand. For example, to dilatate the eye is to enlarge the pupil temporarily with special…
- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife