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American Medical Association
: The AMA. The AMA's mission statement proclaims: 'We are the Voice of the American Medical Profession. 'We are the partnership of physicians and their professional associations dedicated to promoting the art and science of medicine and…
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- Sickness, acute mountain (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being at high altitude. AMS is common at very…
- Hormone, triiodothyronine A hormone made by the thyroid gland. It has three iodine molecules attached to its molecular structure…
- Depigmentation Loss of color (pigment) from the skin, mucous membranes, hair, or retina of the eye. The color of the skin…
- Bilious The adjective for bile, bilious has three meanings. It means of or relating to bile. By extension, bilious…
- Flatfeet A condition of the feet in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground…
- Cognitive behavior therapy See: Cognitive therapy
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Commun. Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission…
- Pregnancy Pregnancy: The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the female body. This condition can be…
- Dynacin Brand name for minocycline
- HHT Abbreviation for the disease called hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. See: Hereditary hemorrhagic…
- Concordant 1. Showing concordance, complete agreement. A couple may be concordant for a sexually transmitted infection…