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Conventional medicine
Medicine as practiced by holders of M.D. (medical doctor) or D.O. (doctor of osteopathy) degrees and by their allied health professionals, such as physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses. Other terms for conventional…
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- Cholecalciferol Vitamin D3
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- Polycystic kidney disease, adult See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant
- Cephalic Relating to the head or the head end of the body. Situated on, in, or near the head. Cephalic is synonymous…
- Cancer anorexia Loss of desire to eat due to cancer. Cancer anorexia contributes to malnutrition, increases morbidity…
- Monte Carlo simulation A statistical method used in biomedical research, involving computer simulation in which data are randomly…
- Microscopic gallstones Gallstones: A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile, also called biliary sludge, that occurs when…
- Boil A skin abscess, a collection of pus localized deep in the skin. A boil usually starts as a reddened, tender…
- An- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, or -less.'…
- Hypotonia Decreased tone of skeletal muscles. In a word, floppiness. Hypotonia is a common finding in cerebral palsy…