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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia

Health care; Diseases

A parasomnia characterized by paroxysmal episodes of choreoathetotic, ballistic, dystonic movements, and semipurposeful activity. The episodes occur during non-rapid eye movement ...

legg-perthes disease

Health care; Diseases

A particular type of femur head necrosis occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.

leukemic infiltration

Health care; Diseases

A pathologic change in leukemia in which leukemic cells permeate various organs at any stage of the disease. All types of leukemia show various degrees of infiltration, depending ...

acidosis

Health care; Diseases

A pathologic condition resulting from accumulation of acid or depletion of the alkaline reserve (bicarbonate) content of the blood and body tissues, and characterized by an ...

pseudarthrosis

Health care; Diseases

A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal bony callus leading ...