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Blood blister
A blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction. A blister is medically termed a vesicle. One that is more than 5 mm in diameter with thin walls and is full of watery fluid is called a bulla or a bleb. The word…
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Show more- Abiotic 1. Not associated with living organisms.2. Anything in the environment incapable of life, such as the soil or…
- Western medicine Conventional medicine, as distinct for instance from traditional Chinese medicine
- Periosteal Pertaining to the periosteum, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps…
- Natriuretic peptide >A-type natriuretic peptide is secreted largely by the atrial myocardium in response to dilatation. >B-type…
- Perinatal transmission Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- ORS 1. Oral rehydration salts. 2. Oral rehydration solution. 3. Orthopaedic Research Society
- APT1 See: FAS gene
- Laynx, pneumatic See: Pneumatic larynx
- Antigen, prostate specific See: PSA
- Indian Health Service (IHS) A part of the U.S. Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Indian…
- Clinical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to protect a person from cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes
- C. elegans Caenorhabditis elegans, a roundworm