| 101. | Blenorrhoea | Blenorrhoea means an excessive discharge of mucus or slimy material from a surface, such as that of the eye, nose, bowel, etc. The word catarrh is used with the same meaning, but also More… 0.3 KB |
| 102. | Bleomycin | Bleomycin is an antibiotic, obtained from Streptomycesverticillus, that is being used with a certain amount of success in the treatment of cancer of the upper part of the gut, the genital More… 0.2 KB |
| 103. | Blightedovum | Blightedovum or Blighted Foetus, is the term used to describe a condition in which apparently normal development of the embryo and its surrounding membranes continues for a short time and More… 0.4 KB |
| 104. | Blood Pressure | Blood pressure is the force exerted by blood against the wall of a blood vessel. It is commonly measured in a large artery with an inflatable cuff known as a blood pressure cuff or blood More… 0.6 KB |
| 105. | Bougies | Bougies are solid instruments for introduction into natural passages in the body either in order to apply medicaments which they contain or with which they are coated, or, more usually, in More… 0.4 KB |
| 106. | Brachydactyly | is a medical term which literally means "shortness of the fingers and toes" (digits). The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. More… 1.0 KB |
| 107. | Breastfeeding | Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from human breasts rather than from a baby bottle or other container. Babies have a sucking reflex that More… 0.9 KB |
| 108. | Breathing | Air is moved into and out of the lungs by the process of breathing, technically called ventilation. This consists of a steady cycle of inspiration (inhalation) and expiration (exhalation), More… 1.7 KB |
| 109. | Bruxism | Bruxism (from the Greek βρυγμός (brugmós), gnashing of teeth) is the grinding of the teeth, and is typically accompanied by the clenching of the jaw. It is an oral parafunctional activity More… 0.6 KB |
| 110. | Bunion | A bunion is a structural deformity of the bones and the joint between the foot and big toe, and may be painful. A bunion is an enlargement of bone or tissue around the joint at the base of More… 0.6 KB |
| 111. | Byssinosis | also known as "brown lung disease" or "Monday fever", is an occupational lung disease caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments. More… 1.1 KB |
| 112. | CAMFAK syndrome | (or CAMAK syndrome) is an acronym used to describe a rare inherited neurologic disease, characterized by peripheral and central demyelination of nerves, similar to that seen in Cockayne More… 0.6 KB |
| 113. | CDC National AIDS Hotline | The CDC National AIDS Hotline distributes many publications on HIV and AIDS, including guides for teaching HIV prevention and caring for AIDS patients. Many of them are available at no More… 0.5 KB |
| 114. | Cable graft | a multiple -strand nerve graft arranged as a pathway for the regeneration of axons. |
| 115. | Cacchi Ricci disease | Also known as Cacchi-Ricci disease, Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital disorder of the kidneys characterized by a cystic dilatation of the collecting tubules in one or both kidneys. It More… 0.6 KB |
| 116. | Caffeic Acids | Class of phenolic acids related to chlorogenic acid,p-coumaric acid, vanillic acid, etc., which are found in plant tissues. It is involved in plant growth regulation. |
| 117. | Calcinosis cutis | (or cutaneous calcification) is a type of calcinosis wherein calcium deposits form in the skin. A variety of factors can result in this condition. The most common source is dystrophic More… 0.7 KB |
| 118. | Calciphylaxis | is a syndrome of vascular calcification, thrombosis and skin necrosis. It is seen almost exclusively in patients with Stage 5 chronic kidney disease. It results in chronic non-healing wounds More… 4.5 KB |
| 119. | Calculus | (plural calculi) is a stone (a concretion of material, usually mineral salts) that forms in an organ or duct of the body. Formation of calculi is known as lithiasis. Stones cause a number of More… 3.5 KB |
| 120. | Campylobacter | The genus Campylobacter, (meaning 'twisted bacteria') first discovered in 1963, describes Gram-negative, spiral, microaerophilic bacteria. Motile, with either uni- or bi-polar More… 0.7 KB |
