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Enema, barium
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- Fire ants Originally from S. America. Among the worst insect pests ever to invade the US. Red or yellowish ants of…
- Dermatology 1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin…
- Pilonidal sinus A sinus tract from which there may be chronic drainage of pus, due to an embedded tuft of hair, most often in…
- Vaccination, hepatitis B Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half year are usually…
- Polymyositis Polymyositis: A chronic inflammatory disease of muscle that begins when white blood cells, the immune cells…
- Jugular vein The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward…
- Navel The umbilicus, the former site of attachment of the umbilical cord, usually found in about the middle of the…
- CEPT Cholesterol ester transfer protein
- Orbital fracture A break in one of the bones that make up the orbit. Since the orbit is the seat of the globe (the eye), an…
- Histo- Literally, tissue compatibility. With full histocompatibility between a donor and recipient, tissue can be…
- Kussmaul breathing Air hunger.