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In medicine, not the Boy Scouts of America but the body surface area
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Show more- ECG Abbreviation for electrocardiogram or EKG. The K is from 'kardio' (in German)
- Vitamin P An old name for substances now known as bioflavinoids. They are no longer considered to be vitamins by the…
- Hormone, parathyroid See Hormone, parathormone
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Benign Not cancer. Not malignant. A benign tumor does not invade surrounding tissue or spread to other parts of the…
- Sumycin See: Tetracycline
- Macroglobulinemia, Waldenstrom See: Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
- Encephalopathic syndrome A dangerous condition with symptoms similar to those of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), of which it may…
- Shock Shock: In medicine, shock is a critical condition brought on by a sudden drop in blood flow through the body…
- Breast cancer metastasis suppressor 1 (BRMS1) A gene that plays a role in preventing the metastasis (spread) of breast cancer to other parts of the body…
- Hiatal Pertaining to an hiatus, an opening. An hiatal hernia occurs when a part of the stomach protrudes through the…
- LAVH Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, a procedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus…