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Conventional medicine, as distinct for instance from traditional Chinese medicine
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- Drusen Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina of the eye or on the optic nerve head. The presence of drusen is…
- D and C Stands for dilatation and curettage. This is a very common gynecologic procedure in which the cervix of the…
- Deafness and Communication Disorders, Institute Institute on (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission of the National Institute on…
- DM1 Type 1 myotonic dystrophy. See: Myotonic dystrophy
- Diabetic shock Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with diabetes. Symptoms include a sweet, chemical odor on the…
- Histiocytosis, Langerhans cell Histiocytosis in which the active histiocytes normally occur in the skin. See histiocytosis.
- Salicylic acid A substance obtained from plants (white willow back and wintergreen leaves) and also synthesized which is…
- Dysfunction, orgasmic See: Anorgasmia
- Nanism Once known as dwarfism, this condition is now correctly called short stature.
- Turbinectomy Removal of a turbinate bone. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is…
- Spinal stenosis Narrowing of the spaces in the spine, resulting in compression of the nerve roots or spinal cord by bony…