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Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
(1926-2004) Swiss-born American psychiatrist whose work with and teching about terminally ill patients helped alter attitudes toward death and the care of the dying. She opposed the taboo against openly discussing and studying death and…
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- Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) A relatively small (peptide) molecule that is released by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain after…
- Vein, internal jugular The deeper of the two jugular veins in the neck that drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and…
- Breast biopsy ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Breast biopsy Main…
- Exonuclease An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide bases sequentially from the free ends of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
- Paresis 1 Incomplete paralysis. 2 A form of neurosyphilis (syphilis affecting the central nervous system -- the brain…
- Psoriasis, plaque The most common form of psoriasis -- about 80% of people with psoriasis have this type. Plaque psoriasis can…
- Bone, giant cell tumor of A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most…
- Reactant, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Antenatal surgery The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal surgery or, most often, fetal surgery…