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Show more- Ambidextrous 1. Able to use both the right and left hands with equal dexterity. Neither right- nor left-handed.2. By…
- Scan, spiral CAT A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Heel prick A procedure in which the heel is pricked and then a small amount of the blood is collected, usually with a…
- Eyelid myokymia Fine continuous contractions of the eyelid muscle, typically involving one of the lower eyelids, less often…
- VER Visual evoked response. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Perianal abscess An abscess next to the anus that causes tenderness, swelling, and pain on defecation
- Drain, Jackson Pratt See: JP drain
- RTS See Rett syndrome.
- Twilight sleep Sleep: A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) produced by…
- DNA, coding A sequence of DNA that codes for protein. Coding DNA sequences are separated by long regions of DNA called…
- Penis, cancer of the Cancer of the penis is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells originate in the tissues of the penis…
- Charbon Known also as anthrax, charbon is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but…