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Ecchymotic
Characterized by ecchymosis.
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Show more- Octogenarian Someone in his or her eighties, that is, between 80 and 89 years of age. See also: Age by decade
- Hemopoietic See: Hematopoietic
- Disto- Distal
- X-linked retinoschisis See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- Syndrome, Marfan See: Marfan syndrome
- Faciodigitogenital dysplasia See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Isotonic solution A solution that has the same salt concentration as the normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to…
- VBAC Vaginal Birth After Cesarian section. Although the abbreviation VBAC (pronounced VEE-back) does not appear in…
- School, medical See: Medical school
- Saccharin An artificial sweetener which diluted in water is 300-500 times sweeter than the sugar sucrose. (Saccharin is…
- Polymorphic Pertaining to a polymorphism, a variation in the DNA that is too common to be due merely to new mutation. A…
- Debris flow injury Also known as mudslide injury. See: Landslide injury