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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Terms

Rheumatism pain caused by inflammation in joints

Coronary heart disease-associated with obesity

Angina-chest pain due to decrease in oxygen

Spasm- involuntary muscle contractions

Vasospasm- narrowing of coronary arteries due to contractions of smooth muscle

Prinzmetal's angina- chest pain in young women. Reason--> narrowing of coronary arteries due to contractions of smooth muscle, not due to atherosclerosis.

ausculation-listening to sounds of the heart using a stethoscope

stereotic- In Greek, stereo=3-dimensional and tactic= touched . Stereotactic surgery--> using 3 dimensional precise location by MRI or CT to go deep into the brain while the patient's head is clamped.

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