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Single-payer health care
A system of health care characterized by universal and comprehensive coverage. Single-payer health care is similar to the health services provided by Medicare in the US. The government pays for care that is delivered in the private (mostly…
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Show more- Hematoma An abnormal localized collection of blood in which the blood is usually clotted or partially clotted and is…
- Fear of depths An abnormal and persistent fear of depths. Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Bias 1. When a point of view prevents impartial judgment on issues relating to the subject of that point of view…
- Hearing loss, age-related See: Presbycusis
- Large intestine Comes after the small intestine. Large because it is wider than the small intestine
- Manic Refers to a mood disorder in which a person seems 'high', euphoric, expansive, sometimes agitated…
- Ubidecarenone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Chromatography, gas (GC) A type of automated chromatography (a technique used to separate mixtures of substances) in which the mixture…
- Diplopia The condition in which a single object appears as two objects. Also called 'double vision.' From the Greek…
- Artery, brachial See: Brachial artery
- Cancer, testicular Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most…
- Cysticercus The larval form of any of the Taenia tapeworms. The plural is cysticerci. Infection with cysticerci is…