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A diet concept that incorporates Ayurvedic principles of food combining, relies mainly on whole grains and vegetables, and claims to lengthen life and promote mental and physical well-being. Proponents of this diet claim that it can…
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Show more- Termination codon See: Stop codon
- Reflex, patellar See: Knee jerk
- Nerve, eighth cranial The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Shock, shell The World War I name for what is known today as post-traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that…
- Nerve, sciatic The largest nerve in the body, the sciatic nerve begins from nerve roots in the lumbar part of the spinal…
- Pulmonary barotrauma Damage to the lung from rapid or excessive pressure changes, as may occur when a patient is on a ventilator…
- Premie Short and slangy for a premature baby. A preterm infant. Also often spelled (for obscure reasons) preemie.
- Mitotic Pertaining to mitosis.
- Prostatic hyperplasia, benign See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Code blue While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- PVS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Urethral sphincter >Internal sphincter: Part of the muscular bladder wall acts as the internal urethral sphincter and prevents…