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IQ
Abbreviation for intelligence quotient, an attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. The IQ score is usually based upon the results of a written test. To calculate the IQ, the person's mental age (as determined by a test) is divided…
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- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- Vessel, afferent A vessel that carries blood toward the heart. A vein or venule
- Lymphocytosis Too many lymphocytes, a finding that may be a marker for infection or disease.
- Subungual onychomycosis, proximal white The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- LCL (lateral collateral ligament) of the knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Abortion, recurrent The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…
- Herniation Abnormal protrusion of tissue through an opening. For example, a intervertebral disk (one situated between…
- Esophagus cancer See: Esophageal cancer
- Body fat monitor See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Syndrome, Hantavirus pulmonary The syndrome of familial Hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural Deafness, and Renal dysplasia. Inherited as an…
- Stress test, pharmacologic There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac…