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- Onychodystrophy Malformation of the nails
- Urination, painful See: Dysuria
- DXM Dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant, sometimes misused as a recreational drug
- Sesamoiditis Inflammation of a sesamoid bone. Since the patella (kneecap) is a sesamoid bone, inflammation of the patella…
- FAO deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- TGA 1. Transient global amnesia.2. Transposition of the great arteries
- Data Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of 'the data'…
- Geriatric medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Health physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Error, type II See: Error, beta