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- Certified midwife A midwife who has been certified by her state or national agency for credentialing midwives
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- PARK9 Familial Parkinson disease type 9
- Medicated stent See: Coated stent
- Iliopsoas muscle The upper part of the bony pelvis which forms the receptacle for the head of the femur at the hip joint. The…
- Disease, Marburg Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending…
- Human papillomavirus One in a group of four RNA viruses that rank second only to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as a common…
- Cold, summer A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real…
- Stem cell One of the human body's master cells, with the ability to grow into any one of the body's more than 200 cell…