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Greek medicine
Medicine in Greece and the Greek world. The foundations of much of modern Western medicine lie in classical Greece, from about 800 B.C.E. to about 200 C.E. During this period, Greek medicine departed from the divine and mystical and moved…
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Show more- Inappropriate ADH secretion A syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) which results in the inability to put out…
- Alternating hemiplegia syndrome See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Pharmacopoeia An official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been in the pharmacopoeia. By…
- Sponge, vaginal contraceptive See: Vaginal contraceptive sponge
- Plague, fowl The "Great Plague" that swept London in 1665 was probably not really the plague but rather typhus. The plague…
- Nephrosclerosis Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.
- Heart, artificial A manmade heart. An artificial heart was temporarily implanted in 1969 by Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas…
- Antibody, antinuclear An unusual antibody that is directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell. Antinuclear…
- Astigmatic Referring to astigmatism or a person with astigmatism, a common form of visual impairment in which part of an…
- Slanted ear An ear that is slanted more than usual. Technically, an ear is slanted when the angle of the slope of the…
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to learn which regions of the brain are active in a specific…
- Ventricle, cerebral One of a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of…