Category: S

Painful, recurrent attacks of priapism that last 2 to 6 hr. The condition js seen in some patients with homozygous sickle cell disease.  

The pressure in the circulatory system between pulses.  

Pressure that tends to dissolve a solid present in a solution. The inclination of molecules to depart from the surface of a solute and enter the solvent.  

A prescription containing many drugs, given with the hope that one of them may prove effective; it is not a recommended approach to the treatment of disease.  

Onset of secondary sex characteristics at an earlier age than expected, typically before age 6-8 in girls or 9 in boys.  

The extent and limits of the medical interventions that a health care provider may perform. The list of services that you are legally allowed to perform in your specialty in your state.  

A change in potential that occurs when a cell membrane is stimulated.  

A liver-colored or green-yellow substance made up of potassium thiosulfate and potassium polysulfides and containing 12.8% sulfur as a sulfide; a principal ingredient of white lotion.  

A relaxed stance in which the pelvis is shifted forward, resulting in hip extension, and the thorax is shifted backward, resulting in an increased thoracic kyphosis and forward head. Also called slouched posture.  

The skeletal alignment accepted as normal; used for evaluating posture. There is equilibrium around the line of gravity and the least amount of stress and strain on supporting muscles, joints, and ligaments. From either the front or the back, a plumb bob would bisect the body equally. From the side, a plumb bob would be…