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- St John's wort A flowering plant, Hypericum perforatum, also known as Perforate St John's wort, that has long been believed…
- Implantable pacemaker Pacemaker: A device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the heart rhythm or to reproduce that rhythm…
- Osteoarthropathy Any disease of the bones and joints. From osteo-, bone + -arthro-, joint, + pathy, disease
- Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Pulmonary therapy Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Fear of loneliness An abnormal and persistent fear of loneliness, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue…
- Syndrome, antiphospholipid antibody An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood associated with abnormal…
- Computerized axial tomography (CAT) Cat scanning adds X-ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross-sectional views anatomy. It can…
- Genotype The genetic constitution (the genome) of a cell, an individual or an organism. The genotype is distinct from…