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Respiration
1. The act of inhaling and exhaling air in order to exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide. Synonymous with breathing and ventilation. 2. The cellular metabolic process by which oxygen is taken in, substances are oxidized, energy is released…
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Show more- De Quervain's tenosynovitis De Quervain's tenosynovitis: De Quervain's tenosynovitis is inflammation of tendons on the side of the wrist…
- Extracolonic Outside the colon. An hereditary colon cancer syndrome may also predispose to extracolonic malignancies
- Truncation The act of truncating, cutting short. See: Truncate
- Drug, antiprotozoal Something that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Thrombosis, deep vein (DVT) Blood clotting in the veins of the inner thigh or leg. In air travel, DVT is the 'economy-class syndrome.'…
- Hypermagnesemia Excess magnesium. Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium…
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) Spontaneous tearing in parallel with the normal salivation of eating. The crocodile tears syndrome occurs…
- Idiopathic Of unknown cause. Any disease that is of uncertain or unknown origin may be termed idiopathic. For example…
- Biliary compression Abnormal pressure on the biliary tree compromising the normal drainage of bile
- Carbolic acid A synonym of phenol. In dilute solution, an antimicrobial agent. First used to clean wounds and dress them by…
- Left heart hypoplasia syndrome A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta, aortic…
- Ommaya reservoir A device implanted under the scalp that is used to deliver anticancer drugs to the cerebrospinal fluid, the…