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Anemia, Cooley's
Anemia, Cooley's: Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this important type of anemia was first described in 1925 by the pediatrician Thomas Benton Cooley. Another name for…
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Show more- Clark level of invasion A method for determining the prognosis (outlook) with melanoma. The method was devised by the pathologist…
- Paresis, general A part of late ('tertiary') syphilis a decade or more after the initial infection, due to chronic…
- Sinus rhythm The normal regular rhythm of the heart set by the natural pacemaker of the heart called the sinoatrial (or…
- Peer review Scrutiny by one's peers (equals). Peer-reviewed articles appearing in medical journals have been scrutinized…
- Psychodynamic medication See: Psychotropic medication
- Disease, gum Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and holds them…
- Osteochondroma An abnormal, solitary, benign growth of bone and cartilage, typically at the end of a long bone…
- Innate immunity Immunity that is naturally present and is not due to prior sensitization to an antigen from, for example, an…
- Situs inversus totalis A condition in which there is complete right to left reversal (transposition) of the thoracic and abdominal…
- Wezand See: Weasand
- Kubler-Ross See: Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Opiate A medication or illegal drug that is either derived from the opium poppy, or that mimics the effect of an…