Month: December 2020

The diagnosis and treatment of foot injury or disease, podiatrist. US the study of minor diseases and disorders of the feet. Medical specialty concerned with the foot and its structure and with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the feet; also called, less correctly, chiropody. The branch of medicine concerned with the…

Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) make devices to correct problems, provide care for nails, prescribe certain drugs, and perform surgery on the foot. A health professional responsible for the examination, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and care of conditions and functions of the human foot. A podiatrist performs surgical and other operative procedures, prescribes corrective devices, and…

The act of the executive using veto power by leaving a bill unsigned or formally vetoed beyond the adjournment of the legislative body.  

Air in the pleural cavity. Air or gas in chest cavity. Collection of air or gas in the pleural space between the visceral and parietal pleurae of the lungs. Collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity, causing the lung to collapse. It may occur spontaneously but usually results from injury to the chest…

The surgical removal of a lung. The surgical removal of all or part of a lung. Surgical removal of a lung, usually to treat cancer. Surgical removal of an entire lung, usually performed to treat lung cancer. The surgical removal of a lung, performed as a treatment for lung cancer or when a lung has…

The most common life-threatening opportunistic infection diagnosed in AIDS patients is caused by a parasite, Pneumocystis carinii. A form of pneumonia found in people with impaired immune systems after radiotherapy or with AIDS. A subacute opportunistic infection marked by fever, nonproductive cough, tachypnea, dyspnea, and hypoxemia. It is caused by Pneumocystis carinii, the former name…

An acronym for persons living with AIDS.  

A facial expression/gesture characterized by raised eyebrows, raised chin, an firmly set neck that, when displayed to another child, typically signals that the face maker will prevail in the encounter.  

A situation in which individuals in a group do not know that there are others in the group who share their feelings.  

Lead poisoning. Consumption of paint chips. If the paint contains lead oxide as the pigment, lead intoxication can develop. This is characterized by anemia, low serum iron and copper values, growth depression, ataxia, kidney damage, coma, convulsions, and death.