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Show more- Pregnancy Pregnancy: The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the female body. This condition can be…
- Transplant, heart See: Heart transplant
- Straitjacket Or strait-jacket or strait jacket. 1. A garment shaped like a jacket with long sleeves the ends of which can…
- Myocardial bridge Literally a bridging of heart muscle over one of the major arteries to the heart (usually the left anterior…
- Jequirity pea See: Abrin
- DTC Direct-to-consumer, as in DTC advertising of prescription drugs
- Dysmorphology Dysmorphology is a term coined by Dr. David W. Smith in the 1960's to describe the study of human congenital…
- Marx See: Marx, Gertie F.
- AFO (ankle-foot orthosis) Ankle-foot orthosis
- Comorbidity The coexistence of two or more disease processes.
- Brain stem The stemlike part of the brain that is connected to the spinal cord. Or conversely, the extension of the…
- Giardia A genus of protozoa that infect the gastrointestinal tract of some animals, including humans. Giardia have a…