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Orthopod
Slang for orthopedist.
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Show more- Study, antro-duodenal motility An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the contractions of the muscles of…
- Muscle cramp An involuntarily and forcibly contracted muscle that does not relax. When we use the muscles such as those of…
- Facial nerve paralysis Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- Rickets, celiac Rickets caused by failure of the intestines to absorb calcium and fat from foods
- Progestin Any one of a group of steroid hormones that have the effect of progesterone
- Fluorescent in situ hybridization An important molecular cytogenetic method for identifying chromosomes and parts of chromosomes, deciphering…
- McArdle's disease See: McArdle disease
- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- Endocardial Pertaining to the endocardium, the inside lining of the heart
- Evidence-based medicine The judicious use of the best current evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient…
- Echopraxia The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person. Echopraxia is a feature of schizophrenia…
- CBER Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research: Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)