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Show more- PROMM Proximal myotonic myopathy. See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Incontinent Unable to control excretions, to hold urine in the bladder or keep feces in the rectum. This is the usual…
- Qualitative Having to do with quality. In contrast to quantitative (which pertains to quantity, the amount)
- Interventional radiologist A radiologist who uses image guidance methods to gain access to vessels and organs. Interventional…
- Hydrostatic weighing See: Underwater weighing
- Medicaid State programs of public assistance to persons regardless of age whose income and resources are insufficient…
- LLQ Abbreviation for the left lower quadrant (quarter). The LLQ of the abdomen contains the descending portion of…
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- MELD Acronym for Model End Stage Liver Disease. A disease severity scoring system for adults with liver disease…
- Periodontal The word 'periodontal' literally means 'around the tooth.' Periodontal diseases are bacterial infections that…
- Leukemia, chronic phase of Leukemia, chronic phase of: A stage in which there are few blast cells in the blood or bone marrow, and few…
- Palindrome Pertaining to a palindrome. A DNA sequence that reads the same in both directions is a palindromic sequence.