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Chloroform
A clear volatile liquid with a strong smell like ether, chloroform was once administered by inhalation to produce anesthesia and given as an analgesic (to relieve pain) and a remedy for cough. It is quite toxic to the kidney and the liver…
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- Ulcer, esophageal A hole in the lining of the esophagus (tube-like organ leading from the throat to the stomach) corroded by…
- Preconceptual counselling The interchange of information prior to pregnancy. Usually for pregnancy planning and care, but sometimes in…
- Tache noire Black spot (in French), a small ulcer covered with a black crust at the site of a tick bite, characteristic…
- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- Kubler-Ross See: Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Thyroglossal duct cyst Synonymous with a thyroglossal or thyrolingual cyst. See: Thyroglossal cyst
- Scleritis Inflammation of the sclera, the tough white outer coat of the eyeball. Classic scleritis affects the sclera…
- Acid phosphatase Acid phosphatase is an enzyme that works under acid conditions and is made in the liver, spleen, bone marrow…
- Nerve, vestibulocochlear A nerve that is responsible for the sense of hearing and which is also pertinent to balance, to the body…
- Joint, atlas and axis The joint between the atlas and axis bones. The atlas is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is just…
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome A type of compression neuropathy (nerve disease due to compression of the nerve) in the ankle and foot…