Category: E
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Elastic traction
Traction exerted by elastic devices such as rubber bands.
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Erythrogenic toxin
The former name for Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins. A noxious substance or microbial entity generated by the bacteria responsible for scarlet fever, resulting in a crimson discoloration of the skin. A toxic protein, generated by streptococcal bacteria, is responsible for inducing the red rash characteristic of scarlet fever.
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Exogenous toxicosis
Any toxic condition resulting from a poison not generated in the body.
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Endogenous toxicosis
A disease due to poisons generated within the body.
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Electrical impedance tomography
Cross-sectional body imaging that reconstructs pictures of internal organs based on measurements of their electrical activity as detected by electrodes placed on the surface of the body.
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Embryonic tissue
Any tissue as yet undifferentiated or fully specialized.
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Erythema threshold
The stage of ultraviolet skin injury in which erythema of the skin due to radiation begins.
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Effective therapeutic regimen management
A pattern of regulating and integrating into daily living a program for treatment of illness and its sequelae that is satisfactory for meeting specific health goals.
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Extensor tetanus
Tetanus that affects the extensor muscles.
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Ectopic teratism
Abnormality in which a part becomes displaced.