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Shunt, ventriculopleural
See: Ventriculopleural shunt
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- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- Vision, tunnel See: Tunnel vision
- Histoplasma See: Histoplasma.
- Encephalitis, LAC LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) 'Russia's most famous physician' and greatest dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov graduated from…
- Joint, TM The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull
- Sternutation Sneezing; the sound of sneezing. When we sneeze, air is expelled with force from the nose (and from the…
- Biological safety level 3 Level 3 biosafety
- AN The military designation for hydrogen cyanide. See: Cyanide
- Sample, random A group selected randomly, solely by chance
- Seborrheic dermatitis A medical name for what is popularly called seborrhea