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- R (symbol) This much-used symbol has many meanings in medicine. They include: > >Respiration: a nurse's note of 'R20' is…
- Keratotic scabies See crusted scabies
- Melanoma, acral-lentiginous One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, uncommon in whites but the most common type in…
- Olfactory disorder A loss in the ability to smell or a change in the way odors are perceived. Reduction of the sense of smell is…
- Cancer, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer
- Glucocorticoid A hormone that predominantly affects the metabolism of carbohydrates and, to a lesser extent, fats and…
- Mass spectrometry An instrument used to identify chemicals in a substance by their mass and charge. Mass spectrometers are…
- Ankylosis Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint
- Adjuvant chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy…
- Milligram A unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a gram. A gram is equal to the…
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: A condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical system of the heart…