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Angina
Angina: Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is typically severe and crushing. There is a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of pressure and suffocation. Angina was…
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- Pharmacist A professional who fills prescriptions, and in the case of a compounding pharmacist, makes them. Pharmacists…
- Liposuction, tumescent The surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most common being the abdomen…
- Gallbladder agenesis This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Science, cognitive Cognitive science is the study of the mind. It is an interdisciplinary science that draws upon many fields…
- Ischium Bone making up the lower down back part of the pelvis
- Chromosome inversion, pericentric A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is…
- Enterocele 1. Any hernia containing small intestine. 2. Hernia (protrusion) of the small intestine into the upper wall…
- AAD American Association of Dermatology, one of many important professional societies in the health arena. The…
- AC joint Acromioclavicular joint located between the acromion (a projection of the scapula that forms the point of the…
- Test, Denver Developmental Screening The Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) is a widely used assessment for examining children 0-6 years…
- Ameba Also amoeba. A single-celled (protozoan) organism that constantly changes shape. The word 'ameba' is from the…