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Nurse, registered
A nurse who has completed a two- to four-year degree program in nursing, and provides direct patient care for acutely or chronically ill patients. RNs may further specialize in a particular area. For example, psychiatric nurses are RNs…
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Show more- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia Leukemia: Abbreviated JMML. A rare cancer of the myeloid cells in the bone marrow, accounting for less than…
- Ambulatory Able to ambulate, to walk about, not bed-ridden or hospitalized
- Syndrome, Usher A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder called retinitis pigmentosa in…
- Error of the first kind See: Error, alpha
- Slow-wave sleep Sleep: Stage 3 and 4 non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep. Slow-wave sleep is characterized by brain wave…
- Nonsyndromic deafness Hearing loss which is not part of a syndrome. Deafness with no related signs and symptoms affecting other…
- Tarsus, bony See: Bony tarsus
- Syndrome, Perrault See: Perrault syndrome
- Embolism, crossed See Embolism, paradoxical
- Offspring The offspring are strictly speaking the progeny, or young, born to a person. In a larger sense, the offspring…
- Skin graft, pedicle A graft technique in which a piece of skin from a nearby area remains attached at one of its corners, while…
- Moisturize To dampen; to replenish lost liquid; to add vapor; to humidify. 'Moisturize' usually suggests that the thing…