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Massage therapist
A person who practices therapeutic massage. In many US states, massage therapists can be licensed after completing a specified training program. Licensed therapists may practice independently or in a medical setting
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- Abortion, habitual The miscarriage of 3 or more consecutive pregnancies. The abortion of 3 or more miscarriages (spontaneous…
- Frontal bone The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The…
- Chronic pancreatitis Pancreatitis: A form of pancreatitis in which there is persistent inflammation of the pancreas. NTER> Chronic…
- S1-S5 (sacral vertebrae) The first sacral vertebra through the fifth sacral vertebra. There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are…
- Bones, axial There are 80 axial bones, comprised of 29 bones in the head and 51 bones in the trunk
- Otitis externa Otitis externa: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Peromyscus maniculatus See: Deer mouse
- Show As a noun: 1. An appearance. 2. Short for bloody show
- Organ failure The failure of an essential system in the body. Multiple organ failure is the failure of two or more systems…
- Agent, antiprotozoal An agent that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Thigh The thigh extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh has only one bone, the femur which is the largest bone…