viscus
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viscus soft internal organ of the body. XVIII. — L.
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Integrative Orthopedics and Pain Management part 1.(Scars)
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...approach to Pain Management Including Internal Organ and Orthopedic Problems. In the second...pulling on the diaphragm muscle may cause internal organ dysfunction in the abdomen or the chest...play a key role in an Orthopedic or internal organ problem in a number of ways: 1. A scar...
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Definitions.(Glossary)
Newspaper article from: HIV Treatment: ALERTS!; 2/1/2001; 197 words
; ...acid in the body. Oncologists: doctors trained in the treatment of cancer. Pancreatitis: inflammation of the pancreas, an internal organ, usually involving pain in the upper abdomen (just under the ribs) and possible nausea and vomiting. Peripheral neuropathy...
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Frederique Lucien at Jean Fournier. (Paris, France)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 9/1/1996; ; 455 words
; ...features. One red shape, for instance, looked like the continent of Africa, another black one resembled a silhouette of some internal organ. Their spatial presence - oscillating between flatness and a sense of yawning aperture - was equally various. It was only...
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High and low.(haircuts and colonics at Personne Complet)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/11/2005; ; 176 words
; ...colonics. After what she said was demand from her clients, Daryllyn Rapoza, owner of Personne Complet, decided to offer the internal organ makeover and rejuvenation procedure. She said that colon hydrotherapy has been very popular and time slots are being snapped...
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To prevent spreading of parasitic disease, Defense department bans US soldiers returning from Iraq from giving blood.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Transplant News; 10/31/2003; 224 words
; ...disease is spread by sand flies and can cause itchy skin lesions. A more serious form visceral leishmaniasis that can cause internal organ damage and death, has not been caught by soldiers thus far. Leichmaniasis, which can incubate for several months and produce...
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Qigong for cancer: self-healing practice.
Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...China practice Qigong every day to help relieve a range of maladies such as diabetes, asthma, cancer, poor circulation, internal organ problems, arthritis, nerve pain, bad backs, joint problems, hypertension, autoimmune disorders, and other physical diseases...
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 "Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England)")
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Man's death still a mystery.
Newspaper article from: Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England); 3/7/2008; 208 words
; ...abnormality. Dr Lishman added it was unlikely Mr Turner has succumbed to acute alcohol poisoning and concluded the combined internal organ damage had proved fatal. Peterborough Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday that Mr Turner had started drinking at the age...
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Patient dynamics, staff burnout, and consultation-liaison psychiatry.
Magazine article from: Physician Executive; 9/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...the post-World War II era, when it became apparent that medical care must be provided to the whole patient, not just an internal organ. Research in community psychiatry around the same time demonstrated that the therapeutic milieu, including the behavior...
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Yvan Lamonde, Patricia Lockhart Fleming, and Fiona A. Black, eds. History of the Book in Canada: 1840-1918, vol. 2.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...725 kg, this volume, though engaging throughout, is not one you take to bed lightly, except at great risk of sustaining internal organ damage trying to balance it appropriately. The volume weaves a subtle blend of statistically and empirically informed argument...
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Laser treatment to go: outpatient uses of healing light abound. (includes related article on light fantastic)
Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 10/1/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...and even without an overnight hospital stay, saving patient and health-care provider money, time and trouble. To treat an internal organ, a laser can be teamed with an endoscope (a telescope-like tube) and, sometimes, with flexible fiber optics (hair-thin fibers...
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viscus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
viscus ( vis -kŭs) n. see viscera .
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viscera
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
viscera ( vis -er-ă) pl. n. (sing. viscus) the organs within the body cavities, especially the organs of the abdominal cavities. — visceral ( vis -er-ăl) adj.
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splanchnic
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
splanchnic ( splank -nik) adj. relating to the viscera. Compare somatic . s. nerves the series of nerves in the sympathetic system that are distributed to the blood vessels and viscera.
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viscero-
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
viscero- combining form denoting the viscera.
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splanch-
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
splanch- ( splanchno- ) combining form denoting the viscera.
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