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Medicalize
To identify a condition as a disorder requiring medical treatment. The term 'medicalize' is usually used in a pejorative or disparaging sense. For example, 'The recommendation that all women take folic acid during the childbearing years…
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Show more- Meniere disease Meniere disease: A condition with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and…
- Karyokinesis During cell division, the process of partition of a cell's nucleus into the daughter cells. See also…
- Neuraminidase inhibitor A drug that inhibits the enzyme called neuraminidase. For example, oseltamivir (Tamiflu), an antiinfluenza…
- C7 (cervical vertebra) C7 is the symbol for the 7th cervical (neck) vertebral bone (C7) which is sometimes called the prominent…
- Bed blocker A patient who uses a hospital bed for a long period of time because they are chronically ill. The patient…
- Aromasin Brand name of exemestane, an oral antiestrogen. Aromasin inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands…
- Flesh-eating bacteria A popular media term for a type of strep bacteria (group A streptococcus) which rapidly destroys tissue and…
- Arthralgia Pain in the joints. There are many possible causes of pain in a joint. The Greek 'algos' means 'pain.
- Indwelling bladder catheter See: Catheter, indwelling bladder
- Iodide goiter See Iodine excess
- Random mating Totally haphazard mating with no regard to the genetic makeup (genotype) of the mate so that any sperm has an…
- Phototherapy Treatment with light. For example, a newborn with jaundice may be 'put under the lights.'