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Disease, subclinical
An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable clinical findings. It is distinct from a clinical disease, which has signs and symptoms that can be recognized. Many diseases…
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Show more- Dislocation of the radial head See: Nursemaid's elbow
- ARM Abbreviation of age-related maculopathy, any pathologic condition of the macula, the small spot in the retina…
- Gland, Meibomian See: Meibomian gland
- Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Abbreviated RT-PCR. See: RT-PCR
- Central nervous system (CNS) The central nervous system is that part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The…
- Drug, generic >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Venomous 1. Full of venom. 2. Having venom, like some snakes and insects. 3. By extension, noxious, as a venomous…
- Orthopod Slang for orthopedist.
- Morton's foot See: Morton's neuroma
- Clavicle The bone extending from the breastbone (sternum) at the base of the front of the neck to the shoulder
- Translocation, reciprocal A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- B(a)P Benzo(a)pyrene