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Osteoporosis in the hand or foot [Described 1900. After Paul Hermann Martin Sudeck (1866-1938), German surgeon.] A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, which involves the network of nerves located along the spinal cord. These nerves control certain functions including those associated with the working of the blood vessels and sweat glands. Sudeck atrophy is…

Happening quickly.  

A little blister caused by sweat. A white blister caused by sweat collecting in the sweat ducts or in the layers of the skin. A group of azo compounds used for staining fats. The group includes Sudan I, Sudan II, Sudan III, Sudan IV, and Sudan black. A noninflammatory eruption from sweat glands marked by…

A force created by the action of sucking. The aspiration of a gas, liquid, or solid by reducing air pressure over its surface. Pressure then forces the material into the vacuum. Suction has a number of uses in medicine. For example, nasogastric suction is the removal of a gas, liquid, or solid from the stomach…

To pull liquid or air into the mouth or into a tube. To draw fluid into the mouth, as from the breast.  

Juice secreted by an organ. A term originating from Latin meaning “juice.” It can relate to any secretion from animals or plants.  

Following one after the other.  

Working well.  

To do well at what one was trying to do.  

The surgical removal of most of the thyroid gland. Surgical excision of part of the thyroid gland, as is performed for benign conditions, equivocal or limited forms of low-grade malignancy, and other conditions. The risk of accidental removal of the parathyroid glands is lessened by this procedure.