Category: G

An injection of a solution containing gold, used to relieve rheumatoid arthritis.  

The first hour after a serious injury when the most difference can be made to the patient’s health. The first 60 min during which a critical trauma patient must receive definitive care and surgical intervention, as necessary, to counteract the long-term, often irreversible, damage to vital organs from decreased perfusion.  

A yellow ointment, made of an oxide of mercury, used to treat inflammation of the eyelids.  

Referring to a physical or emotional feeling that is persistent and uncomfortable.  

Surgery on the jaw. Surgical reconstruction of the jaw.  

The level of glucose found in the blood.  

One of three muscles in the buttocks, responsible for movements of the hip. The largest is the gluteus maximus, while the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus are smaller. Any of three paired muscles in the buttocks involved in movements of the thigh. One of three paired muscles of the buttocks (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and…

An allergic disease mainly affecting children, in which the lining of the intestine is sensitive to gluten, preventing the small intestine from digesting fat. A condition in adults where the villi in the intestine become smaller and so reduce the surface which can absorb nutrients.  

A diet containing only food containing no gluten. Elimination of gluten from the diet by avoiding all products containing wheat, rye, or barley. Foods containing buckwheat, corn, oats, quinoa, and rice are generally thought to be well tolerated. Because gluten is present in many foods containing thickened sauces, the diet must be discussed with a…

One of two veins draining the buttocks, the inferior gluteal vein and the superior gluteal vein.