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Magnet therapy
An alternative therapy in which magnetic fields are administered by application of magnets to certain parts of the body, by magnetic field-generating machines, or by magnetic mattresses or blankets. Magnet therapy has been promoted to…
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Show more- Tetranucleotide A sequence of 4 base pairs. (Bases are the building blocks of DNA.) Expansion of a tetranucleotide repeat…
- Rale A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling)…
- West Nile virus West Nile virus: The mosquito-borne virus that causes West Nile fever. One of the flaviviruses, a family of…
- Beta-defensin See: Defensin
- Labial sounds The lips are not only anatomic features of note, they are organs of speech essential to certain…
- Breast lump A localized swelling, knot, bump, bulge or protuberance in the breast. Breast lumps may appear in both sexes…
- Chronic This important term in medicine comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time. A chronic…
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Public mourning The public display of grief. This may take many forms ranging from the very formal to the very informal, from…
- Obverse The opposite, the opposite side, the counterpart. For example, mania is thought of as the obverse of…
- Wet market A live animal market, a common sight in many areas of the world and a source of influenza viruses and other…
- CT scan CT scan: Computerized tomography scan. Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that…