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Admitting physician
The doctor responsible for admitting a patient to a hospital or other inpatient health facility
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Show more- PARK8 Familial Parkinson disease type 8
- Colorectal adenoma family history See: Colon cancer family history
- Glomerular Pertaining to the glomerulus, a tiny structure in the kidney that filters the blood to form urine
- Developmental disorder, specific A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Rectus Usually refers to the rectus abdominis, a large muscle in the front of the abdomen that assists in the…
- In vitro Literally in glass, as in a test tube. A test that is performed in vitro is one that is done in glass or…
- Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through…
- Unwell Not well or in good health, ailing, sick, indisposed. For example, 'I am well-nigh choked with the sulfurous…
- Cannonball pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Gland, salivary One of the glands in the mouth that produce saliva. There are 3 major salivary glands. They are the parotid…
- JCI The Journal of Clinical Investigation, a highly regarded biomedical journal
- Biceps The biceps is a muscle that has two heads or origins. In Latin, biceps means two-headed and is derived from…