STAT means now. Everything else means consult a specialist.
The act of expelling the contents of the stomach through the mouth, typically involuntarily due to illness, intoxication, or disgust.
Taking a functioning organ or tissue from one person (or sometimes an animal) and convincing it to work in someone else's body. It's biological rerouting at its finest—a high-stakes game of surgical poker where rejection is always lurking in the fold. Modern medicine's most dramatic second chances.
A psychological condition or social phenomenon, historically documented in southern Italy, where people believed they had been bitten by a tarantula spider and would compulsively dance to cure themselves. The condition may have been a form of mass hysteria or a way for marginalized groups to express themselves.
A class of organic compounds produced by many plants, consisting of five-carbon isoprene units; responsible for the characteristic aromas and flavors of many plants and their essential oils. Terpenes are found in cannabis, citrus, pine, and thousands of other plant species.
The state or quality of being swollen, bloated, or distended; can refer to physical swelling or figuratively to grandiloquent or bombastic speech.
A medical state in which both the thyroid and parathyroid glands have been surgically removed, eliminating production of thyroid hormones and parathyroid hormone, requiring lifelong hormone replacement therapy.
A state of swelling or distension, particularly of body tissues due to increased fluid or blood flow. The term is used in biology, botany, and physiology to describe the enlargement of cells or organs.