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Endoscopy is the examination of the inside of the body using a lighted, flexible instrument called an endoscope. In general, an endoscope is placed into the body through a natural opening like the ...

Peak-flow metre

Health care; Hospitals

This hand-held device measures airflow (how fast air is blown out of the lungs). Patients can use peak-flow metres to measure their own airflow regularly which allows asthmatic patients to predict an ...

Epilepsy (seizure disorder)

Health care; Hospitals

When nerve cells in the brain fire electrical impulses at a rate higher than normal, this causes a sort of electrical storm in the brain, known as a seizure. A pattern of repeated seizures is often ...

Occlude

Health care; Hospitals

To close, obstruct, or prevent the passage. To occlude an artery is to obstruct the flow of blood. Occlude can also mean to bring together. To occlude the teeth is to align the upper and lower teeth, ...

Ecchymosis

Health care; Hospitals

The skin discoloration (bruise) caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels. Ecchymoses can similarly occur in mucous membranes as, for example, in the intestine or ...

Therapy

Health care; Hospitals

The treatment of disease. Therapy is synonymous with treatment.

E. coli

Health care; Hospitals

Short for escherichia coli, a bacterium that normally resides in the human colon. Most strains of E coli are quite harmless. However, some strains of E. coli are capable of causing very serious ...