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Aerotitis
Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems include ear pain, ringing, diminished hearing and, sometimes, dizziness. The word aerotitis (pronounced aer-o-tit-is) is compounded…
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- Shunt, transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic A shunt that drains fluid from the cerebral ventricle into the abdomen.
- Acoustic neurofibromatosis See: Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Bell, Sir Charles See: Bell, Charles
- Retinal artery, central The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Ruptured spleen Rupture of the capsule of the spleen, an organ in the upper left part of the abdomen, is a potential…
- Annotation In genetics, the process of identifying the locations and coding regions of genes in a genome and determining…
- Disease surveillance The ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data and the provision of information which leads to action…
- Lancing device A device that holds a lancet firmly, and when triggered, moves the lancet linearly ahead to prick the skin in…
- Anorexia, cancer See: Cancer anorexia
- Vincent infection This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Tube, tympanostomy A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…