See Also: avalanche conduction(medicine)
avalanche(dictionary)
avalanche(encyclopedia)
avalanche(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
rusty(dictionary)
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rusty sputum (medicine) and avalanche conduction (medicine)


rusty sputum (medicine)


rusty sputum


A reddish brown, blood-stained expectoration characteristic of lobar pneumonococcal pneumonia.


avalanche conduction (medicine)


avalanche conduction
<physiology> The discharge of an impulse from a neuron into a large number of neurons of the same physiologic system. This produces an amplification effect, thus producing a very large amount of nervous energy for a given stimulus.