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Paraneoplastic syndrome
The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor. Paraneoplastic syndromes can be due to a number of causes including hormones or other biologically active products made by the tumor…
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- Navel The umbilicus, the former site of attachment of the umbilical cord, usually found in about the middle of the…
- Isotonic exercise Exercise when a contracting muscle shortens against a constant load, as when lifting a weight. Isotonic…
- Intrinsic 1. An essential or inherent part of a something such as a structure.2. Coming from within, from the inside…
- Medical prefix A prefix employed in medical terminology. Medical words are often put together, cobbled from two or more…
- Death 1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the…
- Bursopathy Disease involving a bursa, a closed fluid-filled sac that supplies a gliding surface to reduce friction…
- Forensic medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Clavicle The bone extending from the breastbone (sternum) at the base of the front of the neck to the shoulder
- Fever, five-day Fever, five-day: Also called trench fever, this is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in…
- Tonsillitis Tonsillitis: Inflammation of the of a tonsil, typically as a result of infection by either a virus or…
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…