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Today's Terms
Interrogatories
Definition:
A form of discovery in which one party submits a series of written questions to the other party, and to which the latter is bound to answer under oath.
Anesthesia
Definition:
A large class of claims related to anesthesia has resulted from cases where the anesthesiologist or anesthetist did not take a complete medical history of angina, myocardial infarction, recent upper respiratory infection, and asthma.
Causalgia
Definition:
Pain, usually burning, that is associated with autonomic changes -- change in color of the skin, change in temperature, change in sweating, swelling. Causalgia occurs after a nerve injury.
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