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Scan, SPECT
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a nuclear medicine procedure in which a gamma camera rotates around the patient and takes pictures from many angles, which a computer then uses to form a tomographic (cross-sectional) image. The…
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- MDMA Abbreviation for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
- Test, auditory brainstem response A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- Earache Pain in the ear. This can occur because of conditions within the ear itself, the ear canal, or the visible…
- Membranous Pertaining to a membrane. As in acute membranous gingivitis, membranous nephropathy, and pseudomembranous…
- Growth in height See: Normal growth
- Nursing 1) Profession concerned with the provision of services essential to the maintenance and restoration of health…
- Med school Short informal term for medical school. (Medical schools are not often called med schools by medical…
- ApoA-I Milano A variant of apolipoprotein A-I identified in about 40 inhabitants of Limone sul Garde, a small town in rural…
- Recreational water illness An illness that is spread by swallowing, breathing, or having contact with contaminated water from swimming…
- Lead-based paint Paint or other surface coatings that, by definition, contain lead in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square…
- Institutional Review Board IRB. A group of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers at each health care facility that participates in…