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subcutaneous

Health care; Hospitals

Under the skin. With a subcutaneous injection, a needle is inserted just under the skin to deliver a drug.

fever

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Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the ...

flatus

Health care; Hospitals

Gas in the intestinal tract or passed through the anus. The intestinal gases are hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane, all of which are odorless. The unpleasant smell of flatus is the ...

Short for influenza. The flu is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract and are divided into many types, designated A, B, C, etc. Most people who get the flu recover completely in 1 to 2 ...