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Public health
>The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities; >The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health problems and…
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Show more- Syndrome, Brown An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown syndrome is an abnormality that is present at birth (congenitally) and…
- Event, adverse See: Adverse event
- Ciliary body Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is…
- Ile Isoleucine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Test, Rorschach A psychological test involving inkblots. The inkblots are used to determine what a person perceives (reads…
- Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (1859-1930) British physician, better known as the writer who created Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson…
- Tunica albuginea of the testis The layer of dense whitish inelastic tissue that surrounds the testis
- CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public…
- St. Louis encephalitis A disease caused by a virus (first observed in Illinois in 1932) transmitted from birds to the common Culex…
- Test, nerve conduction See: Nerve conduction velocity test
- Qd (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qd (or, written with periods, q.d.) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The…
- CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. See: Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic