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Contact healing
Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also: Therapeutic touch
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Show more- Birth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Epigenetics 1. The study of heritable changes in gene function that occur without a change in the sequence of the DNA…
- Nucleus 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells
- RXT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- UAL UAL stands for ultrasonic-assisted liposuction. Liposuction involves the surgical suctioning of fat deposits…
- Oligodendrocyte A type of cell in the central nervous system. The oligodendrocytes surround and insulate the long fibers (the…
- Enzymes, yellow A group of respiratory enzymes that catalyze reactions in the body permitting cells to respire or breathe…
- Nipple, supernumerary An extra nipple. Supernumerary nipples are usually smaller than normal and vestigial (nonfunctional, without…
- Headache Headache: A pain in the head with the pain being above the eyes or the ears, behind the head (occipital), or…
- Semiallogeneic Sharing some but not all genes, as in parent-child relationships. Individuals are allogeneic when their genes…
- Stepmother The wife of a man who had a child by another women. See: Novercal
- Atelectasis, primary See: Primary atelectasis