The portion of human life which is comprised generally between 70 and 80 years The age which precedes decrepitude It is so termed in consequence of the limbs not usually possessing sufficient strength...
Employee benefit plan in which employees select their medical insurance coverage and other nontaxable fringe benefits from a list of options provided by the employer Cafeteria plan participants may re...
An affection of the spinal cord produced either by anemia or passive congestion, due to a sudden transition from a condensed to a comparatively rarefied atmosphere It occurs in persons who have worked...
A hormone made in the thyroid gland that controls calcium levels in the blood by slowing the loss of calcium from bones; used to treat hypercalcemia (excess calcium in the blood)
A plentiful mineral in the body and the basic component of teeth and bones; essential for cell function, muscle contraction, transmission of nerve impulses, and blood clotting
Calculi; Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, et...
Calentura; A febrile delirium, said to be peculiar to sailors, wherein they imagine the sea to be green fields and will throw themselves into it if not restrained
This term was used for all of the continuing fevers experienced by the army: Typhoid Fever, Malarial Remittent Fever, and Typho-malarial Fever The last named is a combination of elements from the firs...
Rubeola; Red Measles; The measle, a disease attended with inflammatory fever, dry cough, sneezing, drowsiness, and an eruption of small red points, perceptible by the touch
An infectious viral disease occurring in dogs, characterized by loss of appetite, a catarrhal discharge from the eyes and nose, vomiting, fever, lethargy, partial paralysis caused by destruction of my...
Hydrophobia; Rabies; Canine madness This disease arises in consequence of the bite of a rabid animal, as a dog or cat, and sometimes spontaneously It is termed hydrophobia, because persons that are th...
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