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Scrubs
A protective garment designed to be worn by the doctor, nurse, and others in the operating room. The garment was originally a gown. Scrubs now include the shirt and pants worn by those who scrub in for surgery. The wearing of scrubs…
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Show more- Sleeping disease A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Also known as…
- Histo spot A small circular punched-out spot in the retina at a site where spores of the fungus histoplasma (histo)…
- Microtia An abnormally small ear. The term 'microtia' usually refers to a congenitally small external ear. The visible…
- Northern blot A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Cysteine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. Cysteine can be synthesized by the body and is not…
- Chondrodystrophic myotonia See: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Hemiplegic Pertaining to hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body.
- Spastic colitis A common gastrointestinal disorder involving an abnormal condition of gut contractions (motility)…
- Obese Well above ones normal weight. A person has traditionally been considered to be obese if they are more than…
- Vaccine, meningococcal A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and…
- Oral Having to do with the mouth; given by mouth, as in an oral solution
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of…