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Subcu
Abbreviation for subcutaneous. Subcutaneous means under the skin. It implies just under the skin. With a subcutaneous injection, a needle is inserted just under the skin. A drug (for example, insulin) can then be delivered into the…
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Show more- Operating room A facility equipped for performing surgery. Abbreviated OR
- Fornix In anatomy, a vaultlike or arched structure. For example: > >The fornix in the brain -- a fibrous arching…
- Oesophagus Alternate spelling for esophagus. The British have an oesophagus while Americans have an esophagus. But on…
- Inhibin One of two hormones (designated inhibin-A and inhibin-B) secreted by the gonads (by Sertoli cells in the male…
- Cephal- Prefix indicating the head
- Nonseminoma A classification of testicular cancers that arise in specialized sex cells called germ cells. Nonseminomas…
- PHS The Public Health Service, the agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public…
- Pressure neuropathy Neuropathy: 'Pinching' a nerve by putting too much pressure on it. For example, the sciatic nerve may be…
- Rodney K. Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- Hormone, aldosterone A hormone made by the outer portion (cortex) of the adrenal gland that regulates the balance of salt and…
- Protein C A vitamin K-dependent protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the…
- BSL-1 Biosafety level 1. The lowest level of biosafety, a level that applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause…