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Guided imagery
An alternative medicine technique in which patients use their imagination to visualize improved health, or to 'attack' a disease, such as a tumor. Some studies indicate that the positive thinking can have an effect on disease outcome, so…
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- Encephalopathy, mitochondrial (MELAS) MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike episodes. MELAS is a…
- Monoclonal antibody An antibody produced by a single clone of cells (specifically, a single clone of hybridoma cells) and…
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Nurse, licensed practical A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LPNs…
- HSA 1. In the US, Health Saving Account.2. Human serum albumin
- Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst Al Institute of Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat…
- Bag of waters Popular name for the amniotic sac together with the amniotic fluid within it. The amniotic sac is formed by…
- Water fluoridation The addition of fluoride to water supplies that are low in fluoride in order to prevent dental caries. For…
- Scan, CAT Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Test, syphilis (FTA-ABS) The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (FTA-ABS) test for syphilis is a blood serum screening test…
- Fever, undulant An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that characteristically causes rising and falling fevers…