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Disruption in the way one perceives one’s body image (e.g., after an injury or illness) or an incongruity between one’s actual appearance and the way one perceives it (e.g., in anorexia nervosa).  

The amount of a substance present in an organism. The term is usually reserved for descriptions of infectious or toxic substances. It may be represented arithmetically as the concentration of the substance multiplied by the mass of the tissues that store it.  

Clothing designed to resist blast waves, blunt force trauma, heat, penetrating objects, shrapnel, and other potential sources of physical injury.  

A genus of nonpathogenic, flagellate protozoa of the family Bodonidae often found in stale feces or urine and sometimes in the urinary bladder.  

A ganglion of the plexus of the dental nerve in the maxilla above the canine tooth.  

A firm board placed beneath a mattress to keep it from sagging. It is used to treat some persons with back difficulties. It is also used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation to improve the effectiveness of chest compressions.  

In a health care institution, the administrative or bureaucratic apparatus that supports and often directs patient care. Individuals actually providing the care (aides, midlevel pesonnel, nurses, and physicians) are said to work at the “sharp end” of health care.  

A colloquial term for depression or a depressed mood.  

A person with chronic bronchitis who demonstrates evidence of cyanosis and pedal edema. The term “outdated” was previously used to describe an individual exhibiting bluish lips and tongue, as well as edema (fluid accumulation in the tissues). This condition is now understood to be a consequence of prolonged lung damage, which ultimately results in heart…