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The right or ability of an individual to obtain medical and health care services.  

Inflammatory condition of the mediastinum and pericardium.  

A rasping sound, similar to the noise made when leather rubs against leather, that is heard on listening to the heart of a patient with air in the mediastinum. The sound usually is detected during cardiac systole but also may vary in intensity with breathing.  

Patellar pain, and a feeling of instability, clicking, or locking of the knee as a result of inflammation of the medial synovial fold of the knee joint.  

Term indicating something that is closer to the midline of the body.  

One of two bodies lying in the posterior part of the dorsal thalamus. Each receives fibers from the acoustic tract of the pons and the inferior colliculus through the brachium.  

Toward the median line or plane of the body.  

The evacuation of injured persons from the scene of an emergency by air ambulance, usually a helicopter. Air transport of trauma patients is especially useful in rural locations, to provide definitive care as quickly as possible.  

Fetal inhalation of meconium in utero during episodes of severe fetal hypoxia or with the first few breaths after birth. Symptoms and signs, which occur to varying degrees, include respiratory distress, tachypnea, rales, and wheezes throughout the lung fields. Chest x-ray examination may show areas of increased density from the aspirated meconium, evidence of chemical…

The means by which a drug exerts its effects on cells or tissues. It may have specific binding sites, receptor activation, enzymatic activity, or solubility.