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Neurooncologist
A physician trained to diagnose and treat patients with brain tumors and other types of tumors of the nervous system. From neuro- + oncology and sometimes written with a hyphen as neuro-oncologist. A neurooncologist may be one of a number…
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Show more- Midwife A person trained to assist a woman during childbirth. Many midwives also provide prenatal care for pregnant…
- Aerobic exercise Brisk physical activity that requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen…
- STS Commonly used abbreviation for 'sequence tagged site.' A short (200 to 500 base pair) DNA sequence that…
- Ethnography The study of specific human cultures. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description…
- Film, PA An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP…
- Squamous-cell carcinoma See: Squamous cell carcinoma
- False vocal cord A fold of mucous membrane covering muscle in the larynx. The false vocal cord separates the ventricle of the…
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Public Health Service that works with…
- Posterior chamber The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. (The iris is the colored ring of tissue that…
- Chimera In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Human chimeras were first…
- Opportunistic infection An infection that occurs because of a weakened immune system. Opportunistic infections are a particular…
- Embolism, pulmonary The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or a branch of it leading to the lungs by a blood clot, usually from…