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- Occupational therapist A licensed health professional who is trained to evaluate patients with joint conditions, such as arthritis…
- Sleep, NREM Sleep, NREM: NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Pericardial Referring to the pericardium, the sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart. The inner surface of the…
- Naegleria infection Naegleria infection: Infection from an ameba called Naegleria fowleri that is commonly found in the…
- Tuber A lump or bump. The backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the…
- Syndrome, acute brain See: Delirium
- Base of tongue The back third of the tongue. In contrast to the anterior tongue, which is the front two-thirds of the…
- Hormone, estrogenic A female hormone produced by the ovaries (or an equivalent hormone synthesized in the laboratory). Estrogen…
- BOD POD A method for determining the lean body mass. The BOD POD is a computerized, egg-shaped chamber. Using the…