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Teleological
Serving an ultimate purpose in its design. For example, 'What is the true purpose of the nose?' That is a teleological question. For another example, to say that all evolutionary changes occur for a definite purpose is a teleological…
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Show more- Spots, Brushfield's Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris and are arranged in a…
- Cataract A clouding of the lens of the eye. The normally clear aspirin-sized lens of the eye starts to become cloudy…
- Mortality, infant The death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is, by definition, the…
- Hejama Alternate Arabic term for cupping. The preferred Arabic term for this practice is al-hijamah. See: Cupping
- Type I error The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it…
- Tube feeding See: Enteral nutrition
- Yersiniosis An infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Yersinia enterocolitica (and, less often, other forms of…
- Palliative treatment To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Defibrillator, automated external Destruction of the underlying cartilage framework of the outer ear (pinnae), usually caused by either…
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Seizure, atonic See: Atonic seizure
- Ankyloglossia A minor congenital anomaly (birth defect) in which the flap of mucous membrane under the tongue (known as the…