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Multi-infarct dementia
Dementia brought on by a series of strokes. See Vascular dementia
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Show more- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- Fish bowl granuloma Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Rigor A word with two different but related meanings in medicine:1. A chill, usually with shivering, as at the…
- Renal cancer Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic waste products…
- Case-fatality percentage See: Case-fatality proportion
- Rupture of appendix A break or tear in the appendix, usually due to appendicitis. Also called perforation of the appendix…
- Primary care The 'medical home' for a patient, ideally providing continuity and integration of health care. All family…
- Beriberi, infantile See: Infantile beriberi
- Cyst, Meibomian See: Meibomian cyst
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Pestis The popular name (and abbreviation) of Positron Emission Tomography.
- Laparoscopic staging A staging procedure for tumors of the abdomen using laparoscopy in combination with laparoscopic…