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Bis in die (on prescription)
Seen on a prescription, bid means twice (two times) a day. It is an abbreviation for 'bis in die' which in Latin means twice a day. The abbreviation bid is sometimes written without a period either in lower-case letters as 'bid' or in…
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- Cubital tunnel syndrome A form of mononeuropathy due to compression or other injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Symptoms of the…
- Muscular dystrophy, oculopharyngeal A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in the muscles of the eyes and throat. It usually appears between…
- C3 (cervical vertebra) The third cervical (neck) vertebra from the top
- Ear, internal There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The…
- Operation, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Mineral requirements, infant Minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, iodine, copper and zinc) and trace elements (manganese…
- Malignant 1. Tending to be severe and become progressively worse, as in malignant hypertension. 2. In regard to a…
- Hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Dysphonia, spasmodic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme heparan N-sulfatase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Anorexia, cancer See: Cancer anorexia