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Test, treadmill
A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) recording of the heart is made as the patient performs increasing levels of exercise on the treadmill which is…
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- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Chest film Most common X-ray used to detect abnormalities in or within the thoracic cage, such as the lungs, heart…
- Crib death The sudden and unexpected death of a baby with no known illness, typically affecting infants from 2 weeks to…
- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Cardiac rehabilitation A program for people with heart disease designed to reduce future heart risks. Cardiac rehabilitation usually…
- Ear bones The malleus, incus, and stapes
- Monosodium glutamate MSG, a sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid that enhances the flavor of certain foods. Originally…
- Rossi counter An instrument used to measure the energy deposited by radiation in microscopic sites such as cells. Named for…
- Thyrotropin A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Atrophy Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also…
- Tooth, wisdom One of the large molars in the very back of the jaw. The human jaw has changed in size over the course of…