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PX
Medical abbreviation for prognosis
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Show more- Episiotomy Episiotomy: A surgical procedure for widening the outlet of the birth canal to facilitate delivery of the…
- Fixation, external A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Syndrome, MASS A heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by involvement of the mitral valve, aorta, skeleton…
- Prosthetics The art and science of developing artificial replacements for body parts. Depending on the type of…
- Molars Molars are the large teeth at the back of the mouth.
- Denervation Loss of nerve supply. There are many causes of denervation. Denervation may be due to a disease as, for…
- Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase A liver enzyme known, for short, as AGXT. See: AGXT
- GI 1. In medicine, commonly used abbreviation for gastrointestinal, referring collectively to the stomach and…
- Periodontal disease A bacterial infection that destroys the attachment fibers and supporting bone that hold the teeth in the…
- Meningococcus A type of bacteria now formally known as Neisseria meningitidis, which is responsible for a number of…
- Lateral epicondylitis See: Tennis elbow
- Penis, hypospadias of the Birth defect of the penis involving the urethra (the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge…