Word Of The Day
Dorland's Word of the Day is a great way to broaden your knowledge of medical terminology. With a new and interesting term brought to you from the 32nd edition of Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary each day, it's an easy and fun way to increase your medical vocabulary!
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Today's Word
chronic renal failure (CRF)
gradual loss of kidney function, with progressively more severe renal insufficiency until the stage called chronic irreversible kidney failure or end-stage renal disease. Symptoms may include polyuria, anorexia or nausea, dehydration, and neurological symptoms.
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acute renal failure (ARF)
renal failure of sudden onset, such as from physical trauma, infection, inflammation, or toxicity; symptoms include uremia and usually oliguria or anuria, with hyperkalemia and pulmonary edema. Three types are distinguished: prerenal, associated with poor systemic perfusion and decreased renal blood flow, such as with hypovolemic shock or congestive heart failure; intrarenal, associated with disease of the renal parenchyma, such as tubulointerstitial nephritis, acute interstitial nephritis, or nephrotoxicity; and postrenal, resulting from obstruction of urine flow out of the kidneys.
extraimmunization
immunization using at least one dose of the vaccine in excess of the number recommended.
exemestane
an aromatase inactivator structurally related to androstenedione; used as an antineoplastic in the treatment of advanced breast carcinoma in postmenopausal women, administered orally.
eumelanin
the most common type of melanin in humans, found in darkly colored skin and hair.
estazolam
a benzodiazepine used as a sedative and hypnotic in the treatment of insomnia; administered orally.
tuberculous epididymitis
inflammation and swelling of the epididymis due to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, such as from spread of renal tuberculosis.
entacapone
a selective, reversible inhibitor of catechol O-methyltransferase, the enzyme mainly responsible for levodopa metabolism in the brain and periphery in the presence of carbidopa; used in conjunction with levodopa and carbidopa to enhance dopaminergic stimulation of the brain and the antiparkinsonian activity of levodopa in the treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's disease, administered orally.