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Practice, family
The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family practice…
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Show more- Coryza A cold in the head. The word 'coryza' came from the Greek 'koryza' which is thought to have been compounded…
- Keratoplasty Corneal transplant.
- Heterozygous Possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A person who is…
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
- Bowel disease, inflammatory A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Lactic acidosis Acidosis (too much acid in the body) due to the buildup of lactic acid in the body. Lactic acidois occurs…
- Intervertebral foramen An opening between vertebrae through which nerves leave the spine and extend to other parts of the body. Also…
- Endometritis Inflammation of the endometrium. The endometrium is the inner layer of the womb (uterus)
- Probiotic A microbe that protects its host and prevents disease. The best-known probiotic is Lactobacillus acidophilus…
- Cataplasm A poultice or plaster. A soft moist mass, often warm and medicated, that is spread over the skin to treat an…
- Screening, kidney disease Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease…
- Syndrome, Aase-Smith II See: Aase-Smith syndrome II