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Psychiatric
Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness. Psychiatric may refer to mental illness. For example, the 42-year-old man had a long…
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Show more- Molluscicide Synonymous with molluscacide and at least equally hard to say. See: Molluscacide
- Immunity, acquired See: Acquired immunity
- Pedophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of babies and children. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize…
- National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship A survivor-led advocacy group that works on behalf of the millions of cancer survivors and the millions more…
- Catamenia Menstruation
- Poland syndactyly A unique pattern of one-sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on one…
- Mute A mute is a person who does not speak, either from an inability to speak or an unwillingness to speak. The…
- Warburg apparatus A device used in biochemistry for measuring breathing (respiration) by tissues. Tissue slices are enclosed in…
- Apolipoprotein A-I APOA-I. The major protein component of HDL (high density lipoprotein) and a relatively abundant plasma…
- Shunt 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that…
- Endochondral bone Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…
- Genetics, transplantation The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a…