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Double stethoscope
A stethoscope with two earpieces and tubes.
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Compound stethoscope
A stethoscope in which more than one set is attached to the same fork and chest piece.
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Binaural stethoscope
A stethoscope designed for use with both ears. This is the commonly used stethoscope design. It has a bell or cup-shaped end made of metal or hard rubber. Two rubber tubes carry the sound from this end to the doctor’s ears.
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Stethomyitis
Inflammation of the muscles of the chest.
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Steroid withdrawal syndrome
The appearance of symptoms of adrenal insufficiency in persons who discontinue the use of corticosteroids after having been treated with them for a prolonged period. In those patients, adrenal function has been suppressed by exogenous hormone and the patient’s adrenal glands do not provide an appropriate response when the patient has a serious infection, surgery,…
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Steroid hormone therapy
Treatment with intravenous, oral, inhaled, or topical adrenal hormones (or their synthetic derivatives), usually to relieve inflammatory diseases (such as asthma or chronic obstructive lung disease; arthritis or colitis; or dermatitis or eczema) or as part of a combined modality treatment for some malignancies. Common side effects of prolonged, high-dose steroid hormone therapy include alterations…
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Steroid diabetes
Hyperglycemia that results from the use of exogenously administered corticosteroids, such as prednisone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, or other therapeutic agents.
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Steroid sternum
An organic compound containing in its chemical nucleus the perhydrocyclopentanophenanthrene ring.
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Sternothyroid
The muscle extending beneath the sternohyoid that depresses the thyroid cartilage. Related to the breastbone and the thyroid cartilage.
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Sternomastoid region
The wide area on the lateral region of the neck covered by sternocleidomastoid muscle.
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