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Low back pain
Low back pain: Pain in the lower back area that can relate to problems with the lumbar spine, the discs between the vertebrae, the ligaments around the spine and discs, the spinal cord and nerves, muscles of the low back, internal organs…
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- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle One of a group of diseases that may begin in childhood or later with slowly progressive weakness and wasting…
- Gua-sha A method in tradition Chinese medicine in which the skin on the back, limbs, and other parts of the body is…
- Licensed clinical social worker A social worker trained in psychotherapy who helps individuals deal with a variety of mental health and daily…
- Stool occult blood test A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a fecal occult blood test: A test to…
- Cell therapy Treatment with cells. A technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy…
- Chemoprophylaxis The use of a chemical agent to prevent the development of a disease. See: Chemoprevention
- Teratoma A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements…
- Undulant fever An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that characteristically causes rising and falling fevers…
- External ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The…
- Dominant, autosomal See: Fredrickson, Donald.
- Study, cross-sectional A study done at one time, not over the course of time. A cross-sectional study a disease such as AIDS might…