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Trauma
Any injury, whether physically or emotionally inflicted. 'Trauma' has both a medical and a psychiatric definition. Medically, 'trauma' refers to a serious or critical bodily injury, wound, or shock. This definition is often associated with…
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Show more- RUQ Abbreviation for the right upper quadrant (quarter). The RUQ of the abdomen contains the liver and the…
- Incisional biopsy A biopsy in which only a sample of the suspicious tissue is cut into (incised) and removed for purposes of…
- IGT The Indian Health Service, a part of the US Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and…
- Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal: A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized…
- Power of attorney, durable This is a type of advance medical directive in which legal documents provide the power of attorney to another…
- Virilize To cause a female to develop male characteristics such as a deepened voice, an increase in body and facial…
- Hobbit Nickname for the Flores man (Homo floresiensis). Derived from the fictional race from J. R. R. Tolkien's…
- RNA Short for ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid molecule similar to DNA but containing ribose rather than…
- Obesity, gynecoid >Gynecoid pelvis: A pelvis that is shaped like a woman's. >Gynecology: The study of the diseases of the…
- Physiologic amenorrhea The cessation of menstruation that it is completely normal and is not caused by anything pathologic. The lack…
- Centigrade Thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point of water at sea level is…
- Hangman's fracture A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by…