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Medicins Sans Frontieres
A group which sends physicians and other health workers to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of the world and encourages them not only to care for people, but also to condemn the injustices they encounter. The 1999 Nobel Peace…
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Show more- Myo- (prefix) A prefix denoting a relationship to muscle. Myo- enters into many words and terms in medicine including…
- Hyperhidrosis, palmoplantar See: Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
- Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom or disease after a remission. The reappearance of cancer cells at the same site…
- Ehrlich, Paul (1854-1915) Renowned German scientist and physician. Born near Breslau, Ehrlich got his start there working…
- Therapy, external beam radiation Radiation focused from a source outside the body on the affected area (for example, the cancer) within the…
- Dexfenfluramine A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US…
- Ultrasound, Doppler See: Doppler ultrasound
- Response, plantar The plantar response, also known as the Babinski response, is an important neurologic examination based upon…
- Endoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers -- the other two are the mesoderm and ectoderm -- in the very early…
- Dyspepsia Dyspepsia: Dyspepsia refers to a condition (disease) in which there are upper abdominal symptoms which may…
- Mycotoxin A toxin produced by a fungus. A mycotoxin may be formed when grains or some other products become moldy. From…
- Hepatitis E virus The agent responsible for hepatitis E. Abbreviated HEV. For more information, see: Hepatitis E