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The first U.S. medical journal, the Medical Repository was founded in 1797 and published quarterly until 1824. It was 'the first serious attempt in this country to present the relation between science and practice in a serial format that…
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- Syndrome, floppy baby A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- Basal thermometer Colloquially used as a synonym for basal temperature. Any thermometer can be used to take the basal…
- Corpus callosotomy The corpus callosum is a band of nerve fibers connecting the two halves (hemispheres) of the brain. A corpus…
- Indifferent gonad In embryonic life, the gonad in males and females is initially identical. This gonad is said to be…
- Colpo- A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An…
- Polycythemia Too many red blood cells. The opposite of anemia. Polycythemia formally exists when the hemoglobin, red blood…
- Frasier syndrome A condition characterized by the presence of an XY sex chromosome constitution and undermasculinized external…
- Nymph A nymph is a stage in the life cycle of certain arthropods, as ticks and lice. (Not all nymphs are in Greek…
- Genitourinary (GU) Pertaining to the genital and urinary systems
- Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) The MCAT is a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S. and Canada. The MCAT is…