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Show more- Short-term memory A system for temporarily storing and managing information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such…
- Fiber Fiber: The parts of plants that cannot be digested, namely complex carbohydrates. Also known as bulk or…
- Dysphonia, spastic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Febrile seizure A convulsion that occurs in association with a rapid increase in body temperature. Febrile seizures are…
- Lactic acidosis Acidosis (too much acid in the body) due to the buildup of lactic acid in the body. Lactic acidois occurs…
- Burkitt's lymphoma See: Burkitt lymphoma
- Chronic daily headache See: Headache, chronic daily
- Fertilization Fertilization is the process of combining the male gamete, or 'sperm,' with the female gamete, or 'ovum.' The…
- Vaccination, rubella See Immunization, MMR.
- Palindromic rheumatism To treat partially and incompletely. To palliate a diseases is to treat it partially but not cure it…
- Nosocomial Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection…
- Murmur A sound due to vibrations from the flow of blood through the heart or great vessels. A murmur may be innocent…