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121Nursing care — Patient care is part of a nurse s role. Nurses use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care. Patient care is founded in critical thinking and caring in a holistic framework. Nursing care is increasingly framed in… …
122HIV-tainted blood scandal (Japan) — Japan s HIV tainted blood scandal, known in Japanese as 薬害エイズ事件 ( yakugai eizu jiken ), refers to an event in the 1980s when between one and two thousand Japanese patients with haemophilia contracted HIV via tainted blood products. Controversy… …
123Endogenous retrovirus — Endogenous retroviruses are retroviruses derived from ancient infections of germ cells in humans, mammals and other vertebrates; as such their proviruses are passed on to the next generation and now remain in the genome. Retroviruses are viruses… …
124Lung abscess — is necrosis of the pulmonary tissue and formation of cavities (more than 2 cm) [cite journal |author=Bartlett JG, Finegold SM |title=Anaerobic pleuropulmonary infections |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=51 |issue=6 |pages=413–50 |year=1972… …
125Emissary veins — Vein: Emissary veins Latin vena emissaria The emissary veins are valveless veins which normally drain external veins of the skull into the dural venous sinuses. However, because they are valveless, pus can flow into the skull through them as well …
126Podophyllin — is a resinous powder obtained by precipitating an alcoholic tincture of the rhizome of American Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) by means of water acidified with hydrochloric acid. It varies in color from grayish to bright yellow or greenish brown …
127death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being …
128flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …
