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Women's hospital
A hospital for the exclusive use of women. The first hospital called by that name was the Woman's Hospital of New York City. It opened in 1855. The hospital was founded by the Woman's Hospital Association, a group of 30 women who held that…
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Show more- Maimonides' prayer R of a Physician: A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses…
- Thanatophobia An abnormal and excessive fear of death
- Radiculopathy Any disease of the spinal nerve roots and spinal nerves. It is synonymous with radiculitis. Radiculopathy is…
- Pathogen, special See: Special pathogen
- Hallux What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the…
- Follicular cyst of the ovary A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Rib, vertebral One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be 'vertebral' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Lancet See: Lancing device.
- Courier In the drug trade, someone who internally conceals and transports an illicit drug. Also called a body packer…
- Hodgkin, Dorothy British crystallographer and Nobel Prize winner (1910-1994). Dorothy Crowfoot, as she was born, was educated…
- Chromatids The daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere.
- Withdrawal symptoms Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has the…