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Iatrogenic
Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be inadvertently caused by a physician or surgeon or by a medical or surgical treatment or a diagnostic procedure. Puerperal fever (childbirth…
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Show more- Marmoreal Resembling marble. For example, the bone in osteoporosis appears marmoreal. From the Latin noun 'marmor'…
- Sartorius muscle The long band of muscle that stretches from the calf to the pelvis. It moves the thigh and, by extension, the…
- Dyspraxia Impaired or painful function of any organ of the body
- Eicosanoid A lipid mediator of inflammation derived from the 20-carbon atom arachidonic acid (20 in Greek is 'eicosa')…
- Anesthetic, general An anesthetic that puts the person to sleep
- Cerebrospinal fluid CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the…
- Interstitial cystitis (IC) Disease that involves inflammation or irritation of the bladder wall. This inflammation can lead to scarring…
- HBIG Hepatitis B immune globulin, which contains antibodies to hepatitis B virus and offers prompt but short lived…
- Balance, sense of Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…
- Hyperhidrosis, axillary See: Axillary hyperhidrosis
- Tic A repetitive movement that is difficult, if not impossible, to control. Tics can affect any group of muscles…
- Measly The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little…