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Alpha Omega Alpha
The medical honor society, the medical school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa, in the United States and Canada. Membership is by election for distinguished academic achievement. Medical students, house officers, and medical school alumni and…
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- Bis in die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, bid means twice (two times) a day. It is an abbreviation for 'bis in die' which in…
- PARK3 Familial Parkinson disease type 3
- Defect, neural tube A major birth defect caused by abnormal development of the neural tube, the structure present during…
- National Program of Cancer Registries A program administered in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994 that…
- Talipes equinovarus The common ('classic') form of clubfoot. Talipes is made up of the Latin talus (ankle) + pes (foot). Equino-…
- CAMP-dependent protein kinase See: Protein kinase A
- Demarcation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Boil A skin abscess, a collection of pus localized deep in the skin. A boil usually starts as a reddened, tender…
- Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy A disorder evident at birth characterized by muscle weakness, contractures of multiple joints, and…
- Benign sleep myoclonus Sleep myoclonus: A distinctive disorder of sleep in infancy characterized by rhythmic myoclonic jerks (sudden…