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Device, assistive
Any device that is designed, made, and/or adapted to assist a person to perform a particular task. For examples, canes, crutches, walkers, wheel chairs, and shower chairs are all assistive devices. Device, intrauterine contraceptive (IUD)…
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Show more- Endochondral bone Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…
- Negative-strand RNA virus Also known as an antisense-strand RNA virus, a virus whose genetic information consists of a single strand of…
- Claustrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of closed spaces, of being closed in or being shut in, as in elevators…
- ADI Acceptable daily intake
- Frontal bone The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The…
- Ovary, polycystic See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Dystonia, idiopathic torsion A form of dystonia known as early-onset torsion dystonia (also called generalized torsion dystonia) begins in…
- Alpha thalassemia Alpha thalassemia: A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have…
- Baseline 1. Information gathered at the beginning of a study from which variations found in the study are measured.2…
- Period, gestation The period of development of the young from the time of conception until birth. For humans the full gestation…
- Immunity, natural See: Innate immunity
- Swimming pool granuloma Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…