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  2. Splint (laboratory equipment) - Wikipedia

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    The glowing splint test is a test for an oxidising gas, such as oxygen. [4] In this test, a splint is lit, allowed to burn for a few seconds, then blown out by mouth or by shaking. Whilst the ember at the tip is still glowing hot, the splint is introduced to the gas sample that has been trapped in a vessel.

  3. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Glossodynia (burning mouth syndrome, burning tongue, orodynia) Levator ani syndrome; Malum perforans pedis (neurotrophic ulcer, perforating ulcer of the foot) Meralgia paresthetica (Roth–Bernhardt disease) Neurotic excoriations; Notalgia paresthetica (hereditary localized pruritus, posterior pigmented pruritic patch, subscapular pruritus)

  4. Splinter - Wikipedia

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    Generally, a splinter causes an initial feeling of pain as the sharp object makes its initial penetration through the body. Through this penetration, the object cuts through the cutaneous layer of the skin, and settles in the subcutaneous layer of the skin, and can even penetrate further down, breaking the sub-cutaneous layer, settling in muscle tissue, or even the bone.

  5. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A skin disease that causes the hands and feet of the body to turn a sickly green color. This can usually only be cured by a series of painful injections. A rumored alternate cure is to soak the hands and feet in buckets of a substance called zypholic acid, which can be found in lizard urine. The hands and feet must be soaked for no less than 45 ...

  6. Cauterization - Wikipedia

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    Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are unavailable.

  7. 11 Illinois teens charged after using dating apps to ... - AOL

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    Nearly a dozen Illinois teenagers were slapped with felony charges after they allegedly used dating apps to lure and beat two adult men over the summer — reportedly as part of a social media ...

  8. Chilblains - Wikipedia

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    Chilblains of the feet, caused by excessive exposure to cold and humidity. The areas most affected are the toes, fingers, earlobes, nose. [citation needed] Blistering of affected area; Burning and itching sensation in extremities; Dermatitis in extremities; Ulceration (severe cases only) Erythema (blanchable redness of the skin) Pain in ...

  9. Death Valley heat melts skin off a man's feet after he lost ...

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    A 42-year-old Belgian tourist was taking a short walk Saturday in the sand dunes in 123-degree heat when he either broke or lost his flip-flops, putting his feet into direct contact with the ...