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Skin Diseases, National Institute of...
Is and Musculoskeletal and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name indicates, NIAMS's mission is a broad and important one, namely to 'conduct and support a broad spectrum of research…
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Show more- PTU Propylthiouracil, an antithyroid medication, a drug that blocks the production of thyroid hormone by the…
- Nerve, ninth cranial The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. All 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Cor biloculare A two-chambered heart. Cor biloculare is due to failure of development of the walls that normally separate…
- Cephaly Familiar abbreviation of the name of one of the cephalic disorders, a series of congenital condition that…
- MGy Abbreviation for milligray
- Category two hurricane A hurricane with winds 96-110 mph (83-95 kt or 154-177 km/hr). Storm surge generally 6-8 feet above normal…
- Myometrium The muscular outer layer of the uterus.
- Mercury gilding A perilous process for gold-plating in which an amalgam of mercury and gold is applied to an object and then…
- Lightning injuries A sensation of flashing lights is created when the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the…
- ATP 1. Adenosine triphosphate. 2. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
- Cranial nerve, first The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…
- Fracture, open A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> A fracture…