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Lymphadenopathy
Abnormally enlarged lymph nodes. Commonly called 'swollen glands.' The term 'lymphadenopathy' is not as tough as it looks. It is made up of three words: lymph + adeno- (meaning gland) + -pathy (meaning disease) = lymph gland disease. Since…
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- Dissection The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course…
- Neisseria infection See: Meningococcal infection
- Test, stress echocardiography A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound waves of…
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Geriatrics The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A disorder of the muscles and joints of older persons characterized by pain and…
- Nil disease A form of kidney disease preferably called minimal change disease. See: Minimal change disease
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome A type of compression neuropathy (nerve disease due to compression of the nerve) in the ankle and foot…
- Penile Of or pertaining to the penis
- Lymphoproliferative disorders Malignant diseases of the lymphoid cells and cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and…
- Bed blocker A patient who uses a hospital bed for a long period of time because they are chronically ill. The patient…