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Nail care
Care of the fingernails and toenails. Many nail problems are due to poor nail care. Recommendations for maintaining nail health include keeping nails clean and dry to keep bacteria and other infectious organisms from collecting under the…
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Show more- Supernumerary Beyond the normal number. Anything supernumerary is extra. A supernumerary chromosome is an extra one beyond…
- Muscle, heart A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The heart or cardiac muscle is medically…
- Lung volume reduction surgery See: Lung reduction surgery
- Peptidase An enzyme that can break down a peptide into its component amino acids
- Menetrier's disease See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Clinical 1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test…
- Lymphocytic colitis Lymphocytic colitis> A type of inflammatory disease of the large intestine (colon). The name derives from the…
- Abscess, peritonsillar See: Peritonsillar abscess
- Therapy, cell Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Heart-lung machine A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Outpatient A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalized) but instead is cared for elsewhere -- as in a doctor's…
- Taint To poison, infect, or spoil