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Pneuma
The life-giving principle. According to the school of medicine in ancient Alexandria, life was associated with a vapor called the pneuma. The belief in pneuma was called pneumatism. In hindsight, pneumatism was an early attempt to explain…
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Show more- OB Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the…
- Phago- Fix): Eating, devouring. From the Greek 'phago' meaning 'to eat.' Examples of words starting with phago-…
- Arteritis, temporal Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Dizziness, pre-syncopal Dizziness before fainting. Some symptoms of dizziness such as wooziness, feeling about to black out, and…
- GI 1. In medicine, commonly used abbreviation for gastrointestinal, referring collectively to the stomach and…
- Disruption sequence The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as…
- Zygomatic arch The part of the temporal bone of the skull that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic arch is also…
- Deer mouse A deceptively cute rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary…
- Category 5 storm See: Category five hurricane
- Cradle cam See: Kiddie cam
- Ectodermal dysplasia A genetic disorder in which there is abnormal development of the skin and associated structures (the hair…
- Nocturnal amblyopia Amblyopia refers to blindness so nocturnal amblyopia is, literally, night blindness. Listed in medical…