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Contact healing
Another name for the alternative medicine practice of laying on of hands. See: Laying on of hands. See also: Therapeutic touch
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- Calcium channel blocker A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into the muscle cells of the heart and the arteries. It is the entry…
- Itch, ocean An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Ventilation, mechanical Use of a machine called a ventilator or respirator to improve the exchange of air between the lungs and the…
- Bone type One of the four basic bone shapes in the human skeleton -- long bones, short bones, flat bones, and irregular…
- Vertebra, second cervical The second cervical vertebra is called the axis. It is so-named because the uppermost cervical vertebra…
- Occipital bone The bone that forms the rear and the rear bottom of the skull. The occipital bone encloses a large oval hole…
- Membrane attack complex Abbreviated MAC. An abnormal activation of the complement (protein) portion of the blood, forming a cascade…
- Designer estrogen An engineered drug that possesses some, but not all, of the actions of estrogen. Designer estrogens are…
- Immunodeficiency Inability to mount a normal immune response. Immunodeficiency can be due to a genetic disease or acquired as…
- Senile keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic