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- Diagnosis 1 The nature of a disease; the identification of an illness. 2 A conclusion or decision reached by diagnosis…
- Accoucheuse French for a woman who is an obstetrician (a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy…
- Vestibule of the ear A cavity in the middle of the bony labyrinth in the inner ear
- Long-term memory A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Anatomy, gross Better known among medical students simply as 'gross', gross anatomy is the study of the form of structures…
- Sulfonamides The sulfa-related group of antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infection and some fungal…
- Alb- Prefix from the Latin 'albus' meaning 'white.' As in albino and albinism. The term 'albino' was first applied…
- Alveolar proteinosis See: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating ductal Breast, infiltrating ductal: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of…
- Nose picking Rhinotillexomania, one of the more obscure and exotic terms in medicine. 'Rhinotillexomania' has drawn…
- OB/GYN A commonly used abbreviation. OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers…