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Garre’s disease
Chronic sclerosing osteitis or osteomyelitis due to pyogenic cocci.
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Garren gastric bubble
A deflated bladder that is placed into the stomach endoscopically and then inflated; used to treat morbid obesity by reducing the effective volume of the stomach and thereby decreasing hunger.
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Front-opening garment
Any female garment that opens from the front rather than the rear to increase dressing convenience for persons with limited function.
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Gardos channel
A cell membrane pore that regulates intracellular volume with a pump that forces potassium ions out of the cell. The pump is activated by calcium ions.
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Gardnerella vaginalis
One of several bacteria implicated in bacterial vaginosis in women. The bacilli are usually gram negative, but in older cultures the bacilli may stain variably (some gram-negative and some falsely gram-positive). This refers to a type of bacteria frequently detected in the vaginal secretion of females suffering from bacterial vaginosis.
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Health care gap
A disparity between health care needs and health care services, especially as it applies to the medically indigent.
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Auscultatory gap
A period of silence that sometimes occurs in the determination of blood pressure by auscultation. It may occur in patients with hypertension or aortic stenosis.
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Anion gap
The difference between the measured cations sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) and the measured anions chloride (CP) and bicarbonate (HC03_). In accordance with the principle of electroneutrality, in any body fluid the number of net positive charges contributed by cations must equal the number of net negative charges contributed by anions. The apparent difference is…
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Gantry
The housing for the imaging source and detectors into which the patient is placed for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The adjustable framework on a computed tomography (CT) machine that houses the x-ray tube, collimators, and detectors. The apparatus utilized in a CT scan, often referred to as a couch or table, serves as…
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Traumatic gangrene
Tissue death caused by serious injuries (e.g., compartment syndrome or crush injury).
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