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Electrolysis
Electrolysis: Permanent removal of body hair, including the hair root, with an electronic device. While it is billed as a permanent process, many people find that hair does grow back (albeit slowly) after electrolysis. Electrolysis may be…
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- Relaxant Something that relaxes, relieves, reduces tension. For example, a muscle relaxant is often administered…
- Nerve, pinched See: Nerve compression
- CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. See: Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic
- Islets of Langerhans Known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of…
- Acustimulation Mild electrical stimulation of acupuncture points done to control symptoms such as nausea and vomiting
- Prealbumin One of several plasma proteins such as transthyretin that migrate faster than albumin in an acidic starch gel
- Medicare >'senior citizens' -- people 65 years of age or older, >certain younger people with specific disabilities…
- Myxomata The plural (along with myxomas) of myxoma
- Disease, Heberden >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…
- Parkinson disease gene A gene involved in the causation of Parkinson disease. There are a number of different autosomal dominant and…
- Doctor discontent See: Physician discontent