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Otopharyngeal tube
The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, known also as the Eustachian tube. The function of this tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of…
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- Infection, hospital-acquired An infection caught while hospitalized. The medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is 'nosocomial.'…
- Astatic seizure See: Atonic seizure
- Grief, complicated See: Complicated grief
- Intracerebral hematoma Bleeding within the brain. Diagnosis is usually by MRI or CAT scan. Treatment is by surgery
- Rale A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling)…
- Water pore See: Aquaporin
- Buschke's disease See: Scleredema
- Herbalism The practice of making or prescribing herbal remedies for medical conditions. Practitioners of herbalism may…
- Glucose tolerance test See: Impaired glucose tolerance.
- Suicide Suicide: The act of causing ones own death. Suicide may be positive or negative and it may be direct or…