Frostbite and Frostnip Definition Frostbite is the term for damage to the skin and other tissues caused by freezing. Frostnip is a mild form of cold injury. Description In North America, frostbite is largely confined to Alaska, Canada, and the northern states. Recent years have witnessed a ...
An obsolete term for frostbite characterised by the gangrenous amputation of acral tissues. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free...
deep flexor muscle of fingers deep frostbite Deep Fry deep gray layer of superior colliculus deep head of flexor pollicis brevis deep hypothermia deep hypothermic arrest deep infrapatellar bursa deep inguinal lymph nodes deep inguinal ring deep investing fascia ▼...
Medical tourismis the term commonly used to describe the phenomenon of people traveling outside their home country primarily for the purpose of seeking medical treatment.4, 5Traditionally, international medical travel was done by patients from less developed countries to major medical centers in a dev...
2.Popular term for a virus infection involving the upper respiratory tract and characterized by congestion of the mucosa, watery nasal discharge, and general malaise, with a duration of 3-5 days. See also:rhinitis Synonym(s):common cold,frigid(1) ,upper respiratory infection,upper respiratory tr...
A general term for the use of foods to cleanse the body and to promote health (“go” foods). Nutritional therapy addresses three broad categories of disease: allergies, toxic overload and nutritional deficiency, and is an adjunct to naturopathy, homeopathy and other forms of alternative health...
d. Cold injury, residuals of, such as: frostbite, chilblain, immersion foot, trench foot, deep-seated ache, paresthesia, hyperhidrosis, easily traumatized skin, cyanosis, amputation of any digit or ankylosis. e. Cold urticaria and angioedema, hereditary angioedema. ...
T33.011A -hyphen T34.99xS Superficial frostbite and frostbite with tissue necrosis Z21 Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status [HIV] infection status [covered for facial lipodystrophy syndrome due to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-hypheninfected persons] Z85.3 Personal history of...
A receptor for EGF is located on the surface of many cancer cells. It has been used experimentally to promote wound healing. extrinsic factor extrinsic factor extrinsic factor SEE: 1. Serum prothrombin conversion accelerator.2. An obsolete term for vitamin B12. SEE: pernicious anemia. fibrin-...
superficial frostbite superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis superficial implantation superficial inguinal lymph nodes superficial inguinal ring superficial investing fascia (of abdomen) superficial lateral cervical lymph nodes superficial layer superficial layer of temporal fascia ...