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Placebo-controlled
A term used to describe a method of research in which an inactive substance (a placebo) is given to one group of participants, while the treatment (usually a drug or vaccine) being tested is given to another group. The results obtained in…
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Show more- Akinetic Without movement (or without much movement). A term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of…
- Dysostosis, cleidocranial >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- Keratotomy A surgical incision (a cut) made into the cornea. A radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure designed to…
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- Abdomen The belly, that part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. The…
- Stromal Pertaining to the stroma of an organ. See: Stroma
- Vaginal vestibule The vaginal opening is called the vestibule of the vagina. In medicine, a vestibule is a space or cavity at…
- Wet lung See: ARDS
- Peripheral Situated away from the center, as opposed to centrally located. For example, peripheral vision means the type…
- Oligonucleotide A small DNA molecule composed of a few nucleotide bases. The term 'oligonucleotide' applies similarly to RNA
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Osgood-Schlatter disease Osgood-Schlatter disease: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…