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Multiple system failure
The failure of two or more systems in the body as, for example, the cardiovascular and renal systems. Multiple system failure is also known as multiple organ failure, as when both the heart and kidney give out. Multiple organ or system…
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Show more- Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Nat'l Institute F Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name…
- Cachectic Having cachexia, physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass due to disease. Patients with advanced…
- Fatal familial insomnia Abbreviated FFI. An hereditary prion disease characterized by disrupted sleep (insomnia), motor abnormalities…
- Electrolysis Electrolysis: Permanent removal of body hair, including the hair root, with an electronic device. While it is…
- Bulimia Bulimia: Also called bulimia nervosa. An eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive…
- Morton foot See: Morton' neuroma
- Dural sac The membranous sac that encases the spinal cord within the bony structure of the vertebral column. Dural…
- Headache, alarm clock See: Alarm clock headache
- Lung cancer, small cell A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small and round. Also called oat cell lung cancer
- Tubercle A small tuber, a small lump or bump.
- Drug, antihypertensive As the name clearly implies, a drug aimed at reducing high blood pressure (hypertension)
- Anomalad, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence