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Cervical kyphosis, postmenopausal
An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager's hump. A…
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- Extracorporeal (ECMO) A life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system. ECMO is like a…
- Adenoids Masses of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of throat behind the nose.
- Chiron In Greek mythology, the centaur who, wounded by Hercules, invented medicine in order to heal himself. Chiron…
- Sydenham chorea An acute neurologic disorder that emerges several months following a streptococcal ('strep') infection, most…
- Vaccination, infectious hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis A.
- Pouch, Pavlov At different points along the dogs' digestive tracts, the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov…
- CABG, off-pump See: Off-pump CABG
- Alcohol poisoning A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- Gastroenterologic disease Any disease of the digestive system. Gastroenterologic disorders include Barrett's esophagus, bile duct…
- Infection, Neisseria An infection acquired in a hospital. Specifically an infection that was not present or incubating prior to…
- Leon virus Type 3 poliovirus. Named after the patient in California from whom this virus was first isolated. There are…