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Continuous passive motion machine
A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is attached to, for example, a knee that has had surgery. The CPM machine then constantly moves the knee through a range of motion for…
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Show more- Test, ovarian cancer CA 125 A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from…
- Hepato- Prefix or combining form used before a consonant to refer to the liver. From the Greek hepar, liver
- Cannonball pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Obtunded Mentally dulled. A person may be obtunded due to head trauma. To obtund is to dull or blunt. From the Latin…
- SIDS with dysgenesis of testes Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
- Dilatation and curettage Dilatation and curettage: A minor operation in which the cervix is expanded enough (dilatation) to permit the…
- Encopresis Encopresis: Inability to control the elimination of stool (fecal incontinence). Encopresis can have a variety…
- Diagnostic mammogram An X-ray of the breast done to evaluate: > >Abnormalities seen or suspected on a prior screening mammogram…
- Goiter-deafness syndrome See Pendred syndrome
- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division
- Infant in swaddling The symbol of pediatrics and child health. Also known as the della Robbia or the bambino. The infant in…
- Synthesis Putting together different entities to make a whole which is new and different. In biochemistry, synthesis…