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MTX
Abbreviation for methotrexate
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- Exogenous Originating from outside the organism. Insulin taken by a diabetic is exogenous insulin
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- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Tardive dyskinesia A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Anomic aphasia See Anomia
- Chinese restaurant syndrome A syndrome first described in 1968 in people who had eaten Chinese food on which MSG (monosodium glutamate)…
- Posteroanterior In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- Burn Damage to the skin or other body parts caused by extreme heat, flame, contact with heated objects, or…
- Hiatus hernia Tal hernia): An anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into…
- Tooth root The lower two-thirds of a tooth. The roots are normally buried in bone, and serve to anchor the tooth in…
- Discharge 1.The flow of fluid from part of the body, such as from the nose or vagina.2. The passing of an action…