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Acute spinal cord injury
Acute traumatic injury of the spinal cord. Signs and symptoms depend upon the vertebral level injured and degree of injury. Damage may occur both as a result of the initial injury and any inflammatory response or swelling that occurs in the next 48 to 72 hr. Therapy for this condition includes immobilization, high doses of…
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Spillway
The contour of the teeth that allows food to escape from the cusps during mastication.
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Radioactive spill
A release of radioactive materials into the environment.
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Cellular spill
A dissemination of cells through the lymph or the blood resulting in metastasis.
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Spill
To flow out of or release; in medicine, said of a substance that cannot be maintained in the body by one of its organs, especially the kidneys. In diabetes mellitus, for example, the kidneys spill sugar into the urine. In the nephrotic syndrome, they spill protein.
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Spikeboard
An assistive technology device for persons with limited upper extremity or one-handed function that allows food to be held in place while it is being prepared.
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Spigelian line
A line on the abdomen lying parallel to the median line and marking the edge of the rectus abdominis muscle.
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Spider-burst
An area on the leg in which capillaries radiate from a central point. The veins, though dilated, are not varicosities.
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Hobo spider
A 5-in (45 mm) long brown spider with gray markings found in northwestern North America. Males are more venomous than females. A bite causes erythema, blisters, subsequent necrosis of the skin, and sometimes severe, persistent headaches. Systemic corticosteroid therapy may be helpful. Aplastic anemia, intractable diarrhea, or vomiting may occur and, although rare, may be…
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Brown recluse spider
Loxosceles reclusa, 3/8-in (10 mm) long spider native to North America. The venom of the brown recluse spider is toxic and can be lethal. It may produce a large area of necrosis at the site of the bite.
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