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Carbon monoxide poisoning
Poisoning with carbon monoxide, a tasteless odorless gas that is a byproduct of combustion. Carbon monoxide acts as a poison by competing with oxygen for binding sites on hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from…
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Show more- Pneumonia, aspiration Inflammation of the lungs due to aspiration (the sucking in of food particles or fluids into the lungs).
- Poison Any substance that can cause severe distress or death if ingested, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin…
- Fertile Able to conceive and bear offspring.
- Fourth stage of labor The hour or two after delivery when the tone of the uterus is established and the uterus contracts down again…
- Visual acuity The clarity or clearness of the vision, a measure of how well a person sees. The ability to distinguish…
- Seedrin Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Dwarfism, pituitary Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with…
- Dextrocardia The heart is reversed and is in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left…
- PARK10 Familial Parkinson disease type 10
- Progesterone receptor test A laboratory test to determine if breast cancer cells have progesterone receptors on their surface. If the…
- Cold, common A viral upper respiratory tract infection. This contagious illness can be caused by many different types of…