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Hospitalist
A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of patients' primary care physician. The term 'hospitalist' was first introduced in 1996 by RM Wachter and L Goldman to describe…
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Show more- ApoE Abbreviation for apolipoprotein E, a gene that codes for a protein component of lipoproteins (complexes of…
- DRRS See: Okihiro syndrome
- Syndrome, Shprintzen See: Velocardiofacial syndrome
- Nook Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Genome, fruitfly See: Drosophila genome
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Diverticulum, Zenker See: Zenker diverticulum
- Black Death The Medieval black plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of its population. It was due to the plague…
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Family history of colorectal cancer See: Colon cancer family history
- Probiotic A microbe that protects its host and prevents disease. The best-known probiotic is Lactobacillus acidophilus…
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the…