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Calor, dolor, rubor, and tumor
Heat, pain, redness, and swelling. The four classical signs of inflammation, originally recorded by the Roman encyclopedist Celsus in the 1st century A.D
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- Palatine Anatomically, pertaining to the palate. For example, the palatine bone
- Bone, temporal See: Temporal bone
- Yttrium A rare elemental metal. A radioactive form of yttrium is used in radiation therapy and some types of…
- CEA See carcinoembryonic antigen
- ERISA Employment Retirement Income Security Act. A US law enacted in 1974 which set up the ground rules for pension…
- Breast trauma Breast trauma: Physical damage to a breast. If a breast is injured by trauma, tiny blood vessels may rupture…
- Ependymoma A type of brain tumor derived from the cells that line the cavities within the ventricles of the brain and…
- Roentgenology Radiology, the science of radiation and, specifically, the use of both ionizing (like X-ray) and nonionizing…
- Immunogenetics The genetics (inheritance) of the immune response. For example, the study of the Rh, ABO and other blood…
- Blood poisoning The medical term is 'septicemia.' No matter which of these two terms-blood poisoning or septicemia-you…
- BSL-4 Biosafety level 4. The highest level of biosafety. This level is used for the diagnosis of exotic agents such…