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Doctor-assisted suicide
The term in the UK for physician-assisted suicide
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- Polycythemia Too many red blood cells. The opposite of anemia. Polycythemia formally exists when the hemoglobin, red blood…
- Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Clinical Research Center (CRC) A key resource for clinical research. Also called a General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). One in a…
- Roach-2 Or roaches. Street term for Rohypnol
- Lung volume reduction surgery See: Lung reduction surgery
- EMG, surface Surface EMG
- MCAT The Medical College Admissions Test, a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S…
- Allogeneic Taken from different individuals of the same species. Two or more individuals are said to be allogeneic to…
- Lymphoma, high-grade High-grade lymphoma
- Neuroendocrinology Having to do with the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. In the human body…