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Ileoscopy
Use of a flexible instrument (a 'scope') to examine the ileum which is the lowest part of the small intestine. Ileoscopy is usually accomplished during colonoscopy, when the instrument tip passes first through the rectum and the lower…
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- Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow'…
- Seizure, jackknife See: Infantile spasms
- Nursemaid's elbow Partial dislocation of the elbow. The radius (a bone in the forearm) slips out of the ligament that holds it…
- Male condom The male condom is a sheath placed over the erect penis before penetration, preventing pregnancy by blocking…
- Enate 1. As a noun, a relative on the mother's side. 2. As an adjective, related on the mother's side. As opposed…
- Critical incident stress management Cross-shaped. "Cruciate" comes from the Latin "crux" which means "cross". (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Aneurysm, fusiform An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an…
- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Hypnagogic hallucination A vivid dreamlike hallucination that occurs as one is falling asleep. The opposite of an hypnopompic…
- Erythema infectiosum A sometimes-used Latin name for fifth disease. See Fifth disease