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Tuberculosis treatment
Treatment of tuberculosis (TB), depends upon the status of the infection and differs for dormant and active TB. The differences are as follows: > >Dormant TB: Dormant TB is characterized by a positive TB skin test, a normal chest x-ray…
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Show more- Sacrum The large heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Craniopagus parasiticus Conjoined twins joined at the head (craniopagus) in which a rudimentary head (with little or no body) is…
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…
- Genome, Bos taurus See: Bovine genome
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Reiki ('RAY-kee') A Japanese word representing Universal Life Energy. Reiki is based on the belief that when…
- Fixation, internal A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices…
- Radiotherapy The treatment of disease with ionizing radiation. Also called radiation therapy. In radiotherapy, high-energy…
- Myeloencephalitis Inflammation of both the spinal cord and the brain. Myeloencephalitis (also called encephalomyelitis) can be…
- Abscess, peritonsillar See: Peritonsillar abscess
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Herbicide chemical 2,4-DCP A poisonous chemical used to produce a herbicide. 2,4-DCP (short for 2,4-dichlorophenol) is employed in the…