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VBAC
Vaginal Birth After Cesarian section. Although the abbreviation VBAC (pronounced VEE-back) does not appear in standard medical dictionaries, it is in active international use. VBAC has waxed and may wane in popularity. For many years the…
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Show more- Ship fever An old name for epidemic typhus, which was common in the crowded conditions aboard ship. Ship Fever and Other…
- PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Injury, cold Cold injuries include chilblains, 'trench foot,' and frostbite. Cold injuries occur with and without freezing…
- Human Genome Organisation The international organization of scientists involved in the Human Genome Project, the global initiative to…
- Immune Protected against infection. The Latin immunis means free, exempt.
- Carcinoma, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Acronym for High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, the accumulation in the lungs of extravascular fluid (fluid…
- Dysplasia, cleidocranial >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- HHV-3 Human herpesvirus 3. See herpes zoster.
- Fever, relapsing See: Relapsing fever
- Luxation Complete dislocation of a joint. A partial dislocation is a subluxation
- Epinephrine A substance produced by the medulla (inside) of the adrenal gland. The name epinephrine was coined in 1898 by…