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Vagus nerve
A remarkable nerve that supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea (windpipe), lungs, heart, esophagus, and the intestinal tract as far as the transverse portion of the colon. The vagus nerve also brings…
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- Diaphragm pacing A procedure to help patients with spinal cord injuries to breathe. Their breathing is helped by setting the…
- Acquired deafness Deafness: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not present at…
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- Advanced paternal age A man who is age 40 years or older at the time of conception. (There is no universally accepted definition of…
- House Hospital. As in house officer, house staff, and house surgeon
- Enterovirus A virus that enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract and thrives there, often moving on to attack…
- Placental Pertaining to the placenta, the organ joining the mother and fetus during pregnancy
- Neuroplasticity The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity…
- PI In medecine, not a private investigator but a principal investigator, the person who directs a research…
- Q_h (on prescription) If a medicine is to be taken every so- many hours, it is written 'q_h'; the 'q' standing for the Latin word…