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A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An example of a complementary therapy is using aromatherapy to help lessen a patient's discomfort following surgery. Complementary…
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Show more- Perichondrium A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all cartilage, except the…
- Protease An enzyme that can split a protein into peptides (from which the protein was originally created).
- Casting, serial The use of successive casts to reshape deformed or spastic limbs
- Memory, anterograde See: Anterograde memory
- Code The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The…
- Corneal dystrophy, map-dot-fingerprint type A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows geographic map-like lines…
- Brainstem The lowest part of the brain which merges with the spinal cord and provides the major route by which the…
- ITE In-the-ear. See: In-the-ear hearing aid
- Abiological See: Abiotic
- Etymology, medical See: Medical etymology
- Meuse fever Fever: Named for the Meuse River area, one of the great battlegrounds of World War I. Also known as trench…
- Anal fistula An opening in the skin near the anus that leads into a blind pouch or may connect through a tunnel with the…