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DOTS
Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases. In DOTS, healthcare workers observe patients as they take their medicine. Left alone, many people with…
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Show more- Disc, optic The circular area in the back of the inside of the eye where the optic nerve connects to the retina. Also…
- NPH NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Fibroma, nonossifying A growing lesion with a fibroma structure. Treatment is by surgery
- Diverticulitis, treatment of acute Antibiotics are usually needed. Oral antibiotics are sufficient when symptoms are mild. Liquid or low fiber…
- Effacement The thinning of the cervix which occurs before and while it dilates
- Melissophobia Fear of bees. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a…
- BSL-3 Biosafety level 3. A level of biosafety considered appropriate for agents that may be transmitted by the…
- Syringe A device used in medicine to inject fluid into or withdraw fluid from the body. Medical syringes consist of a…
- Erectile dysfunction A common men's health problem characterized by the consistent inability to sustain an erection sufficient for…
- Sarcoma botryoides A malignancy of the cervix, vagina, or bladder in infants and young children that arises from embryonal…
- Mercury gilding A perilous process for gold-plating in which an amalgam of mercury and gold is applied to an object and then…
- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…