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MBChB
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees, which are awarded in the U.K. and other countries (such as New Zealand and South Africa) after 5 years of what is analogous to a combined undergraduate-graduate course of study. As a…
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- Red blood cells The blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…
- Skeletal muscle One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of…
- Hemolysis The destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells…
- Chronic insomnia See Insomnia, chronic
- CC chemokine receptor 5 See: CCR5
- Hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Epicondylitis Epicondylitis is an inflammation or damage to the area of an epicondyle of bone. An epicondyle is a…
- Recalcitrant Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment
- Bypass, cardiopulmonary Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…
- Nodding syndrome A mysterious disease of children that causes seizures, growth retardation (stunted growth), mental…
- STL3 Stickler syndrome, type III. See: Stickler syndrome