Category: D

Cessation of breathing while swallowing.  

The apprehension, worry, or fear related to death or dying.  

The duodenal cap; a dilatation of the duodenum near the pylorus. It is seen during digestion.  

A laboratory test for the presence of complement or an antibody that is bound to a patient’s red blood cells. The test is used in patients with autoimmune hemolytic anma, hemolytic disease of the newborn, and transfusion reactions. After the patient’s RBCs are washed to remove unbound antibodies, they are mixed with antihuman globulin serum…

A fluorescent antibody test performed on sputum to detect microorganisms that invade the respiratory tract (e.g., legionella, mycoplasma, or anthrax).  

The tooth in the opposite arch against which a tooth occludes.  

A condition marked by the loss of tooth movement due to the fusion of the root cementum with the adjacent alveolar bone.  

A type of anesthesia marked by catalepsy, amnesia, and marked analgesia. The patient experiences a strong feeling of dissociation from the environment.  

Condition resulting from lack of an essential ingredient, such as iron or vitamins, in the diet or the inability of the intestine to absorb them.  

The study of the development of an organism’s body structures from the moment of fertilization of the egg, through the embryonic period, the fetal period, birth, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.