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- Alcohol, pregnancy The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus.
- Selective tubal occlusion procedure (The acronym for selective tubal occlusion procedure is STOP.) A nonsurgical form of permanent birth control…
- Rib, cervical A extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is located above the normal first rib. A…
- Doctor discontent See: Physician discontent
- Pneumocystis jiroveci See: Pneumocystis
- Oswald Theodore Avery See: Avery, Oswald Theodore
- Syndrome, complete androgen insensitivity A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead…
- Disease surveillance The ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data and the provision of information which leads to action…
- Third cranial nerve
- Chinese medicine See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr. (1916-1995) American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for work that helped explain the structure…