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Standard of care
1. A diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient, illness, or clinical circumstance. Adjuvant chemotherapy for lung cancer is 'a new standard of care, but not necessarily the only standard…
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Show more- Warburg apparatus A device used in biochemistry for measuring breathing (respiration) by tissues. Tissue slices are enclosed in…
- Anterior The front, as opposed to the posterior. The anterior surface of the heart is toward the breast bone (the…
- Fowl plague See: Avian influenza
- Sting, insect Stings from large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, bees, hornets and wasps can trigger allergic…
- Spina bifida occulta A bony defect in the vertebral column that causes a cleft in that column. The cleft remains covered by skin…
- Physical growth A map of the locations of identifiable landmarks on chromosomes. Physical distance is measured in base pairs…
- AIDS Disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is an acronym for Acquired…
- Fear of men An abnormal and persistent fear of men. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they may face…
- Peripheral insulin resistance Failure of target tissues to increase glucose disposal in response to insulin. See also: Insulin resistance
- Barr body A microscopic feature of female cells due to the presence of two X chromosomes in the female. One of these X…
- Scoliosis, congenital A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Chronic myeloid leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia