| primary biliary cirrhosis |
a rare form of biliary cirrhosis of unknown etiology in which small intrahepatic bile ducts are destroyed while the major intra- and extrahepatic ducts remain patent; 90 per cent of patients are female; most are middle-aged; it is characterized by chronic cholestasis with pruritus, jaundice, hypercholesterolemia and xanthomas, osteomalacia, and, in the later stages, by portal hypertension and liver failure. Almost all patients have circulating antimitochondrial antibodies.
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| primary cataract |
a cataract developing independently of any other disease.
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| primary tuberculosis |
pulmonary tuberculosis when a person is first infected; it is often asymptomatic, with simply a positive result on a tuberculin test. In children there may be exudation (see exudative t.), with the primary complex consisting of a parenchymal pulmonary lesion and a corresponding lymph node focus. Formerly called childhood t.
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| primary care |
In medicine, primary care is a term used for a health provider who acts as a first point of consultation for all patients. Generally, primary care physicians are based in the community, as opposed to the hospital. Alternative names for the field are general practice and family medicine, although the terms are not synonymous. General practitioners are physicians who have completed one year of post-medical school training in what has been traditionally described as an "internship. ...
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| primary |
Primary is a 1960 cinema verite documentary film. It covers the 1960 primary election between John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. Primary (1960) was a breakthrough documentary. Produced by Robert Drew and shot by Richard Leacock, the film featured the contest between Senators John Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in the 1960 Wisconsin primary. ...
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