Osteoporosis:
A medical condition in which your bones become weak and break easily.
Although 70 years old and permanently hunched over from osteoporosis, she was still a compact bundle of energy.
Before considering their use, however, your wife should not forget about other important measures to treat osteoporosis.
Hologic makes medical equipment that measures bone density, used to diagnose osteoporosis.
Many people won't know they have osteoporosis until there's a nasty break.
Persian: پوکی استخوان
Clone:
An animal or plant produced by scientists from one cell of another animal or plant, so that they are exactly the same; to make such copy.
She wants to clone her beloved cat.
Cataract:
A medical condition that causes the lens of your eye to become white, so that you slowly lose your sight.
Hydrogel contact lenses, for example, can be used for the controlled release of antibiotics to patients waiting for cataract surgery.
Persian: آب مروارید
Emphysema:
A serious disease that affects the lungs, making it difficult to breathe.
Oxygen and specialized breathing equipment are delivered at home to patients with asthma, emphysema, sleep apnea and other breathing disorders.
Persian: آمفیزم
Dyspepsia:
A problem that your body has in dealing with the food you eat; indigestion.
There were no significant differences between the surface and underground workers for attendance at the dyspepsia clinic or the endoscopy unit.
Persian: بدگواری، سو هاضمه
Cane:
A long thin stick with a curved handle that you can use to help you walk.
He was walking slowly with a cane.
Persian: عصا
Body Dysmorphic Disorder:
A mental condition in which someone wrongly believes that part of their body is very ugly or not normal.
Anodyne:
A pain-killing drug or medicine.
Persian: مسکن
Gynie:
A gynecologist.
She went to a new gynie last week.
Persian: متخصص زنان
Tranq:
(Short for tranquilizer) A sedative, or the act of sedating; any chemical substance used for calming a human or animal through injection or ingestion.
n. The tranqs are kept in the emergency medical locker by the gauze.
v. The bear was tranqed so that officials could safely transport it back into the wild.
v. You need to tranq out, man, it isn't the end of the world.
Dental Swag:
The complementary stuff with which you leave your dentist's office: toothbrush, dental floss, etc.