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Electrophrenic respiration
See: Diaphragm pacing
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- Digital rectal exam ): An exam to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated) from within the rectum. The doctor inserts a…
- Tube, tympanostomy A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…
- John H. Gibbon, Jr. See: Gibbon, John H., Jr.
- Vestibular system A system in the body that is responsible for maintaining balance, posture, and the body's orientation in…
- Fetishism Fetishism is a problem in which a person has sexual urges associated with non-living objects. The person…
- Aerospace medicine The fields of medicine concerned with the maintenance of health, safety, and performance of those in aviation…
- Inverted repeat A sequence of nucleotides in the DNA that is identical to another except that it has been reversed (inverted)…
- Guided imagery An alternative medicine technique in which patients use their imagination to visualize improved health, or to…
- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Alpha-ET Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine