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Greek medicine
Medicine in Greece and the Greek world. The foundations of much of modern Western medicine lie in classical Greece, from about 800 B.C.E. to about 200 C.E. During this period, Greek medicine departed from the divine and mystical and moved…
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- Midwife, direct-entry See: Direct-entry midwife
- Testicular self-examination A monthly procedure for detecting the early signs of testicular cancer. Men should check the testes visually…
- Human gene therapy Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by…
- Squawroot See: Blue cohosh
- Fluoridation, water See: Water fluoridation
- Injury, scooter See: Scooter injury
- Electrophysiologic testing of the retina See: Electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Brain swelling See: Cerebral edema
- CVC Commonly used abbreviation for a Central Venous Catheter, a catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to…
- Mitral valve A valve in the heart situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle that permits blood to flow from…
- Humoralism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…