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Grand rounds
A formal meeting at which physicians discuss the clinical case of one or more patients. Grand rounds originated as part of residency training wherein new information was taught and clinical reasoning skills were enhanced. Grand rounds…
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Show more- Virus, xenotropic A virus that can grow in the cells of a species foreign to the normal host species, a species different from…
- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Parenteral Entering the body not by the alimentary tract but rather by another means (such as the subcutaneous, the…
- Beta carotene A vitamin that acts as an antioxidant, protecting cells against oxidation damage. Beta carotene is converted…
- Macular (skin) Adjective referring to macules which are circumscribed changes in the color of skin that are neither raised…
- Stem cell transplantation The use of stem cells as a treatment for cancer or other diseases: > >The stem cells are removed (or…
- Plegia Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke. As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart), hemiplegia (paralysis of…
- Syndrome, hemolytic uremic See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
- Breast fibroadenoma A common benign (not malignant) tumor of the breast. Usually called simply a fibroadenoma. For more…
- Raeder's syndrome A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as cluster headache or migrainous neuralgia. The common…
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) A life support system that circulates the blood through an oxygenating system. ECMO is like a…
- Transposon A short mobile DNA sequence that can replicate and of which copies can be inserted at random sites within…