| 21. | Abdominal wall defect | An infant born with an abdominal wall defect has an abnormal opening on the abdomen. This often causes the intestines and other organs to form outside of the body. There are two types of More… 0.8 KB |
| 22. | Abdominoplasty | Abdominoplasty Also called "tummy tuck" is a cosmetic surgery procedure used to make the abdomen more firm. The surgery involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle More… 4.2 KB |
| 23. | Abductor | ABDUCTOR (From abduco, to draw away.) Abducent. A name given to those muscles whose office is to pull back or draw the member to which it is affixed from some other, as the abductor More… 0.3 KB |
| 24. | Aberrant subclavian artery | Aberrant subclavian artery, or aberrant subclavian artery syndrome refers to a rare anatomical variant of the origin of the right or left subclavian artery. This abnormality is the most More… 1.0 KB |
| 25. | Abetalipoproteinemia | An inherited disorder marked by an absence of beta lipoproteins in the blood and low levels of cholesterol, fatty acids, and chylomicrons. The red blood cells have a thorny or spiked More… 0.6 KB |
| 26. | Abrasion | means the rubbing off of the surface of the skin or of a mucous membrance due to some mechanical injury. Such injuries, though slight in themselves, are apt to allow entrance of dirt More… 0.6 KB |
| 27. | Abscess | is a localized collection of pus. A minute abscess is known as a pustule, a diffused productionof pus is known as cellulitis or erysipelas. An abscess may be acute or chronic. See also: More… 0.2 KB |
| 28. | Abscess Acute | an acute abscess is one which develops rapidly within the course of a few days or hours. It is characterized by a definite set of symptoms. See also: Abscess |
| 29. | Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine | The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) is the national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit Master's-level More… 0.9 KB |
| 30. | Acetohexamide | (dimelor) is one of the oral hypooglycaemic drugs being used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It acts by increasing the output of insulin. |
| 31. | Acetone | is a chemical substance found in the urine in conditions of starvation, in diabetes mellitus, in prolonged vomiting, and in acute fevers - especially in children. With it occur in the urine More… 0.4 KB |
| 32. | Acetylcholine | is one of the substances which mediates the transmission of nerve impulses from one nerve to another, or from a nerve to the organ it acts on such as muscles. Its predominant role is in the More… 0.4 KB |
| 33. | Acetylcysteine | is a drug that is used in the treatment of fibrocystic disease of the pancreas and paracetamol poisoning. |
| 34. | Achalasia | is an other term for spasm, but indicates not so much an active spasm of muscle as a failure to relax. |
| 35. | Achalasia of the cardia | is a condition in which there is a failure to relax of the muscle fibres round the opening of the gukket, or oesophagus, into the stomach. |
| 36. | Achlorhydria | means an absence of hydrochloric acid from the stomach juice; it occurs in about 4 per cent of healthy people and in several conditions, including pernicious anaemia, carcinoma of the More… 0.2 KB |
| 37. | Acne vulgaris | (commonly called acne) is a skin condition caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units (skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland). Severe acne is More… 1.7 KB |
| 38. | Acromioplasty | Acromioplasty is a arthroscopic surgical procedure of the acromion. Generally, it implies removal of a small piece of the surface of the bone (acromion) that is in contact with a tendon More… 0.3 KB |
| 39. | Acupressure | Acupressure (a blend of "acupuncture" and "pressure") is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technique derived from acupuncture. In acupressure physical pressure is More… 1.1 KB |
| 40. | Acupuncture | Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. The word acupuncture comes from More… 2.6 KB |
