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A person trained and certified by a state or accrediting body to design and implement physical therapy programs. Physical therapists may work within a hospital or clinic, in a school providing assistance to special education students, or…
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- Arth. and Musculoskeletal and Skin Dis, Nat'l Inst S and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute of (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of…
- Carbuncles A skin abscess, a collection of pus that forms inside the body. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in…
- Injure To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Treadmill machines may injure…
- Control (genetic) The control of gene expression. Genetic control may be on the transcriptional or translational level…
- Intravenous (IV) 1) Into a vein. Intravenous (IV) antibiotics are a solution containing antibiotics that is administered…
- Achilles In Greek mythology, the hero who was thought to have some special medical knowledge. Achilles studied…
- Hughes Investigator See: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Myelination The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelinization
- Blood clot Blood that has been converted from a liquid to a solid state. Also called a thrombus. The process by which a…
- Syndrome, Alexander See: Alexander disease
- Gly Glycine. See also: Amino acid symbols