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1 day ago · The meaning of ENDARTERITIS OBLITERANS is endarteritis in which the intimal tissue proliferates and ultimately plugs the lumen of an affected artery —called also obliterating endarteritis.
Jun 29, 2024 · creation of an artificial opening between the tear (lacrimal) sac and the nose (to restore drainage into the nose when the nasolacrimal duct is obstructed or obliterated).
4 days ago · In this article, I’ll discuss the most commonly used medical suffixes and terms. In other words, these are the ones you’ll most likely run into as a healthcare worker. First, I’ll explain the meaning of the affixes and provide some examples to help you understand how these words are “decoded.”
Jun 19, 2024 · Symptomatic CM1, also called the Chiari syndrome, is characterized mainly by headache but also by numbness or weakness in the hands or feet and visual, hearing, balance, and cranial-nerve...
Jun 14, 2024 · Overview. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common type of heart disease. It affects the main blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, called the coronary arteries. In CAD, there is reduced blood flow to the heart muscle.
Jun 19, 2024 · The ostiomeatal complex (OMC) or ostiomeatal unit (OMU), sometimes less correctly spelled as osteomeatal complex, is a common channel that links the frontal sinus, anterior ethmoid air cells and the maxillary sinus to the middle meatus, allowing airflow and mucociliary drainage.
5 days ago · ICD is inserted in thoracic trauma. In a grossly unstable patient, where physical examination is inconclusive and radiological investigations are unnecessary, the insertion of an underwater chest drainage tube can be a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic procedure. The ICD is put. along the upper border of the lower Rib.
