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Idiopathic scoliosis
A "wastepaper basket" for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
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Show more- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
- Attention The ability to focus selectively on a selected stimulus, sustaining that focus and shifting it at will. The…
- Hemoglobin E Normal embryonic hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin found in the human embryo. The E stands for…
- Amniotic sac Popularly and more commonly known as the bag of waters. See: Bag of waters
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing
- System, peripheral nervous (PNS) That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system…
- Evidence-based medicine The judicious use of the best current evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient…
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Group B streptococcus infection A major cause of infections, including infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn infant. Strep…
- French disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Prosthesis, ocular See: Ocular prosthesis
- Carcinoma, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer