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Thrombosis
The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for example, in a deep vein thrombosis or a coronary (artery) thrombosis. The clot itself is termed a thrombus. If the clot breaks loose…
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Show more- Seizure, partial See: Partial seizure
- Sexagenarian Someone in his or her sixties. See also: Age by decade
- Random sample A group selected randomly, solely by chance
- Cystatin 3 See: Cystatin C
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Study, diachronic See: Study, longitudinal
- Tuberculosis, active The presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with a positive chest X-ray. Treatment of active…
- Morton's metatarsalgia See: Morton's neuroma
- Keratodermia blennorrhagicum Pertaining to keratolysis, the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. A keratolytic…
- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Emotional child abuse Child abuse: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after child…
- Humidifier Anything, usually a machine today, that adds moisture to the air