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A rare complication of intravenous administration of fat emulsion. Findings include sudden elevation of the serum triglyceride level, fever, hepatosplenomegaly, coagulopathy, and dysfunction of other organs. Specific therapy is not available, but plasma exchange has been used experimentally.  

A diagram that demarcates the regions of embryonic cells that will develop into specific differentiated organs and tissues in the body of the adult.  

A colloquial term for a clinic in which patients seeking care for nonacute conditions in the emergency department are triaged for medical or surgical attention; an urgent-care clinic affiliated with an emergency department.  

The ability of cells to resist stains or destructive agents.  

A blood glucose level less than 50 mg/dl (3.3 mmol/L) that occurs before or between meals. Its most common cause in diabetic patients is an excessive dose of insulin or of another medication used to control high blood glucose. It may also be caused by some other medications, e.g., pentamidine or quinine, or by alcohol…

In microbiology, concerning an organism that has precise nutritional and environmental requirements for growth and survival.  

A trematode (fluke) that infests the intestinal tract of certain mammals including humans. Symptoms include vomiting, anorexia, and diarrhea alternating with constipation. The number of flukes present may be sufficient to cause intestinal obstruction. The disease occurs in Asia, including central and southern China.  

A species that infests the liver and bile ducts of cattle, sheep, and other herbivores; the common liver fluke. Infested aquatic plants are the source of human infection.  

Surgical attachment of a fascia to a tendon or another fascia.  

A bundle of nerve fibers, lying in the dorsal funiculus of the spinal cord medial to the fasciculus cuneatus, that conducts sensory impulses from the periphery to the medulla. Spinal cord pathway carrying information from the lower body.