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CAD
Coronary artery disease. CAD is a major cause of illness and death. It begins when hard cholesterol substances (plaques) are deposited within a coronary artery. These arteries arise from the aorta adjacent to the heart and supply the heart…
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Show more- Peccant Unhealthy. Causing illness or disease. Peccant is one of those rarely used but apt words. The behaviors --…
- Phenotype The appearance of an individual, which results from the interaction of the person's genetic makeup and his or…
- Histoplasma capsulatum See: Histoplasma
- Phalanx Anatomically, any one of the bones in the fingers or toes. (Plural: phalanges.) There are 3 phalanges (the…
- Lungs The lungs are a pair of breathing organs located with the chest which remove carbon dioxide from and bring…
- Named reporting In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments…
- Selective tubal occlusion procedure (The acronym for selective tubal occlusion procedure is STOP.) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control…
- Functional hemispherectomy A functional hemispherectomy is a variation of a hemispherectomy, a radical procedure in which one entire…
- Bowel sounds The gurgling, rumbling, or growling noises from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions of…
- Choanal Pertaining to the choana, the passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. The choana is…
- Paraplegia Paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs. As in flaccid or spastic paraplegia. The suffix…
- Gray's Anatomy A book entitled 'Anatomy Descriptive and Surgical' by Henry Gray appeared in 1858. Little could Dr. Gray have…