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Show more- Organisation Mondiale de la Sante The French name for the World Health Organization (WHO). See: World Health Organization
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- Asn Asparagine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Amelioration Not a word confined to medicine but a word used in medicine, amelioration is synonymous with improvement. If…
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy A rapidly progressive, often fatal viral infection of the brain. Commonly abbreviated as PML. PML is believed…
- Chlorinated camphene See: Toxaphene
- Mg Abbreviation for milligram, a unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a…
- Tail 1. A slender appendage, such as the tail of the pancreas. 2. The appendage that protrudes from the buttocks…
- Yeast vulvitis A yeast infection of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia…
- Urination, difficulty See: Dysuria
- Oryzomys palustris See: Rice rat
- Granulomatosis, Wegener's An inflammatory disease of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that classically involves vessels supplying…