Category: E

The treatment of patients suffering psychological crises, including those who are suicidal or homicidal, perpetrators or victims of child abuse, spousal abuse, or other intense mental anguish. Most of these people see a physician within hours or days of their violent or abusive act. Many physician training programs fail to prepare students for managing patients…

A rare but persistent psoriasis that occurs on the back, thighs, and hips in thick scaling plaques.  

A bony bump or elevation in the midline of the lower part of the back of the skull in the middie of the occipital bone. It is more prominent in males than in females.  

Any prosthesis in which a small electric motor has been incorporated for the purpose of providing force to control various functions.  

A prosthesis that expands the lateral segment of the maxilla; used in clefts of the soft and hard palates and alveolar processes.  

A group of economically useful goods or services workers receive from their employer in addition to salary. These often provide protection against unpleasant or catastrophic events. Examples include medical and dental insurance, disability income, retirement income, and life insurance.  

In mammography, an increase of the development time or developer temperature to enhance image contrast and/or lower the radiation dose to the patient.  

A woman who is 35 years of age or older and pregnant for the first time. In the past, women were informed that delaying childbearing until age 35 or more would greatly increase the chance of an adverse outcome of pregnancy. A well-controlled study of the outcome of first pregnancy in this age group indicates…

During forced exhalation, the point at an airway where the pressure inside the wall equals the intrapleural pressure. The pleural pressure is greater than the pressure inside the airway, tending to cause bronchiolar collapse.  

The pressure in the lungs during the exhalation of a breath.