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Cholescintigraphy
Cholescintigraphy: A diagnostic test in which a two-dimensional picture of a radiation source in the biliary system is obtained by the use of radioisotopes. Cholescintigraphy is done by nuclear medicine physicians to examine the biliary…
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- Child abuse, physical Child abuse, physical: Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of…
- Rubeola (measles) Rubeola is the ordinary measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red…
- Auditory disease, central A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Uterus The uterus (womb) is a hollow, pear-shaped organ located in a woman's lower abdomen between the bladder and…
- Menstruation, cessation of Menstruation, cessation of: Menstruation ends naturally in middle age with the onset of the menopause. It can…
- Pauling, Linus The alpha helix, the structure of most proteins, discovered by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey. See: Alpha…
- Aluminum poisoning See: Aluminum
- Forensic medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- MTX Abbreviation for methotrexate
- Neurosteroid A brain steroid, a molecule structurally similar to cortisone, progesterone and the gonadal hormones…
- Goiter-deafness syndrome See Pendred syndrome