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Meningocele (MM)
Protrusion of the membranes that cover the spine and part of the spinal cord through a bone defect in the vertebral column. MM is due to failure of closure during embryonic life of bottom end of the neural tube, the structure which gives…
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- Two-animal rule A rule instituted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the licensing of agents directed against…
- Cauterization The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called diathermy or electrodiathermy.
- Power outage and the heat When power goes out, water purification systems may not be functioning fully. Use bottled water for eating or…
- Neoplasia The process of abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells. The product of neoplasia is a neoplasm (a tumor)
- Ligament, patellar See: Patellar tendon
- ApoA-I Milano A variant of apolipoprotein A-I identified in about 40 inhabitants of Limone sul Garde, a small town in rural…
- Hypochondriacal neurosis See: Hypochondriasis
- Septate vagina A vagina that is divided, usually longitudinally, to create a double vagina. This situation can be easily…
- Palliate To treat partially and incompletely. To palliate a diseases is to treat it partially but not cure it…
- Maternal mortality rate The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Frailty syndrome A condition, seen particularly in older patients, characterized by low functional reserve, easy tiring…