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Nurse, licensed practical
A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LPNs provide direct patient care for people with chronic illness, in nursing homes, hospitals, and home settings. They assist RNs in…
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Show more- Multifactorial Multiple factors. Multifactorial inheritance is the type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than…
- Rotator cuff disease Rotator cuff disease: Damage to the rotator cuff, a group of four tendons that stabilize the shoulder joint…
- Goiter-deafness syndrome See Pendred syndrome
- Purpura, acute thrombocytopenic See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura.
- Olfactory bulb A key part of the olfactory apparatus consisting of a bulbous enlargement of the end of the olfactory nerve…
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Feeding, breast See: Breastfeeding
- Ammonia A colorless gas with a very sharp odor. Made both by humans and by nature, ammonia dissolves easily in water…
- NIH A genetic disease named for the city of Nijmegen (in The Netherlands) with increased chromosome breakage…
- Ames test A test developed in 1974 by Bruce N. Ames for identifying possible carcinogens by studying their mutagenic…
- Aneurysm, abdominal An aneurysm situated within the abdomen (belly). An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an…
- Barbara McClintock See: McClintock, Barbara