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First American medical school
King's College Medical School founded in New York in 1767. Its mission was fairly lofty -- to 'enlarge the Mind, improve the Understanding, polish the whole Man, and qualify them to support the brightest Character in all the elevated…
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Show more- Brazelton newborn test A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- Muscle, papillary Small muscles within the heart that anchor the heart valves. The anchor ropes are the chordae tendineae…
- Pelvis, male See: Male pelvis
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome The Gorlin syndrome
- Incubator In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are…
- Dumping syndrome A group of symptoms that occur when food or liquid enters the small intestine too rapidly. These symptoms…
- Effusion, pericardial See: Pericardial effusion
- Myopathy, mitochondrial Nearsightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than distant objects. Myopia can be caused by…
- Q.i.d. (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, q.i.d. (or qid) means 4 times a day (from the Latin quater in die). The abbreviation…
- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- Pudendum The external genitalia, especially those of the female. From the Latin pudere, to be ashamed. See: Female…
- Radial head subluxation See: Nursemaid's elbow