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Prayer of Maimonides
A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like the famous oath of Hippocrates, the prayer of Maimonides is often recited by new medical graduates. This prayer, which is also…
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- Nail In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces…
- Cervical vertebrae The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- Nipple confusion A problem that may beset a bottlefed baby in which it forgets how to nurse on mother's nipple. Breastfeeding…
- Baby, fetal alcohol syndrome See: Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Tabun >Runny nose >Watery eyes >Small, pinpoint pupils >Eye pain >Blurred vision >Drooling and excessive sweating…
- Study, cross-sectional A study done at one time, not over the course of time. A cross-sectional study a disease such as AIDS might…
- Amyloidosis El ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Amyloidosis Main…
- Ebola virus A notoriously deadly virus that causes fearsome symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive…
- Error, alpha The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or type I) made in testing an hypothesis when it is…
- C. elegans genome All of the genetic information contained in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The genomes of…
- Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia: Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly…