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  • Brain implant

    Any substance, tissue, or object placed surgically in the brain.  

  • Bone implant

    The use of implanted materials to repair bone or to cover implanted objects such as artificial hips or tooth implants.  

  • Impetigo herpetiformis

    A rare and occasionally life-threatening eruption that typically occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy. It is pathologically indistinguishable from pustular psoriasis. A uncommon form of impetigo marked by the emergence of shallow pustules. These may appear separately but often cluster in small round groups. It primarily affects pregnant women and can sometimes be quite…

  • Bullous impetigo

    A rare infection, usually occurring in infants, caused by a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that produces a toxin that splits the epidermis.  

  • Impetigo contagiosa

    A bacterial infection of the skin, caused by streptococci or staphylococci and marked by yellow to red, weeping and crusted or pustular lesions, esp. around the nose, mouth, and cheeks or on the  extremities. Associated symptoms include itching, burning, and regional lymphadenopathy; glomerulonephritis is a rare but serious complication. The disease is common in children…

  • Impetiginous

    Relating to or resembling impetigo.  

  • Imperception

    The inability to form a mental picture; lack of perception.  

  • Deontological imperative

    Moral obligation or duty of caregivers, established by tradition and culture.  

  • Imperative

    Not controlled by one’s own will; involuntary; obligatory.  

  • Thoracic impedance

    A measure of the electrical activity in the chest that varies with changes in body size and composition, fluid volume, ventilatory status, and other variables.  

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