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Insinuate
In the biomedical sciences, to introduce slowly, through a winding or narrow passage, or by a persistent movement. The term 'insinuate' in this sense carries the connotation of introducing artfully and gently, as a cardiologist would do in…
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- Immunotherapy, allergy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Aerophagia Swallowing too much air, a common cause of gas in the stomach and belching. Everyone swallows small amounts…
- Jordi Casals-Ariet See: Casals-Ariet, Jordi
- Tympanites A hollow drum-like sound produced when a gas-containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympanites is heard if the…
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Family planning, natural Also known as fertility awareness, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Pharyngeal Having to do with the throat (pharynx)
- His Histidine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Hughlings Jackson, John (1835-1911) English physician who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty during the…
- Interval malignancy In mammography, a malignancy that becomes evident during the period between annual screening mammograms. The…