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  • Anuria - Definition

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    Anuria defines the absence of urine in the bladder, but by extension, the cessation of urination. It's called oliguria when the daily volume of urine is inferior to 16 fluid ounces. It's called...

  • Geriatrics - Definition

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    Gerontology and geriatrics are different. Geriatric medicine deals exclusively with the health and diseases of the elderly. Indeed, there are many diseases that affect mainly the elderly, due to...

  • The Postnatal Period

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    The postnatal period begins immediately after you give birth and last until the hospital or midwife discharges you from her care. During the first few hours after giving birth, your doctor will...

  • Skin infection - Definition

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    Skin infections are primarily bacterial attacks on the skin, especially by streptococci and staphylococci. Typically, the surface layer of the skin, the epidermis, is able to resist the invasion...

  • Tetraplegia - Definition

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    Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is a state of paralysis affecting all four limbs. This is due to a lesion in the spinal cord located high up on the spinal column, above the fifth cervical...

  • Erythropoiesis - Definition

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    Erythropoiesis refers to the group of cellular mechanisms that produce erythrocytes (or red blood cells) in bone marrow, dependent on the hormone erythropoietin. The average duration of this...

  • Coxal bone

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    The coxal bone is one of three bones, along with the coccyx and sacrum that forms the pelvis. This bone enables hip movement. The coxal bone has an unusual appearance, with a complex shape that is...

  • Cerebral angioma - Definition

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    Cerebral angioma consists of small vascular malformations located in the brain. Cerebral angioma is often only diagnosed at the rupture of the vessels that make up these malformations, often...

  • Human body - Definition

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    The human body is the set of the anatomically and anthropologically body structure of a man or a woman. From head to feet, it is necessarily made ??under the skin of: a bone structure, a muscular...

  • Cervical mucus - Definition

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    Cervical mucus is a viscous substance produced in the cervix. The cervical mucus is the protective barrier of the uterus: it is indeed what stops the intrusion of germs that can be harmful to the...

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