effusion
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In 2019, he underwent surgery for pericardial effusion - a condition affecting the heart.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
AOM is often confused with otitis media with effusion, or fluid behind the ear, a condition that generally does not involve bacteria and does not benefit from antimicrobial treatment.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024
One of the first patients to spark her interest in female health was a lioness with pericardial effusion, or fluid in the sac around her heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Near the end, an effusion of Puccinian warmth yields to yet more punchy percussion, then a fanfaring pastiche of the Handelian Baroque before the work’s grimly quiet conclusion.
From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021
The doctor asked me to cough, took my temperature and blood pressure, applied his stethoscope, and announced that I had pleurisy with effusion, pre-tubercular.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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