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Nutritionist
1) In a hospital or nursing home, a person who plans and/or formulates special meals for patients. It can also simply be a euphemism for a cook who works in a medical facility but who does not have extensive training in special nutritional…
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Show more- Bone, zygomatic The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the…
- COPD Two chambers in the penis which run the length of the organ and are filled with spongy tissue. Blood flows in…
- Nephroblastoma See: Wilms tumor
- Spasm A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly…
- Wrinkling, retinal See: Macular pucker
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia A chronic low-grade (indolent) type of lymphoma due to a malignant clone of plasma cells. These plasma cells…
- Genotoxin A poisonous substance which damages DNA. A genotoxin can cause mutations in DNA (and so be a mutagen), it can…
- Barotrauma, otic See: Otic barotrauma
- Skin graft, pinch A graft technique in which very small squares of skin are attached to the area needing coverage, in hopes…
- Penis, inflammation of the head of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- RNA, messenger A class of RNA that is the template upon which polypeptides are put together. Abbreviated mRNA
- Disease, Huntington An hereditary disorder with mental and physical deterioration leading to death. Although characterized as an…