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Salaam
In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are characteristic of infantile spasms
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- Bone, ethmoid See: Ethmoid bone
- Virus, human lymphotropic, type III Another name for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. Please see: Virus, human…
- Abscission To remove tissue by cutting it away, as in surgery
- Neurooncologist A physician trained to diagnose and treat patients with brain tumors and other types of tumors of the nervous…
- Breast surgeon A surgeon who is especially skilled in operating on the breast. A breast surgeon may biopsy a tumor in the…
- Familial colorectal cancer A label applied to families that contain an unusual aggregation of members with cancer of the colon or rectum…
- AT (in DNA) AT stands for adenine and thymine, a base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is GC (guanine and cytosine)
- Therapy, family See: Family therapy
- Vertebral column The 33 vertebrae fit together to form a flexible, yet extraordinarily tough, column that serves to support…