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Prescription abbreviations
A prescription, as is well known, is a physician's order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. What may be less well known is that a prescription has several parts: > >The superscription (or heading)…
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Show more- Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs which can be caused by many conditions such as…
- Arcuate nucleus A collection of neurons (nerve cells) in the hypothalamus of the brain. Some arcuate neurons contain dopamine…
- B variant GM2-gangliosidosis See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Hypomanic Affected by hypomania, a condition similar to mania but less severe. Hypomanic episodes may resemble manic…
- Microscopy, cryo-electron See: Cryo-electron microscopy
- Disease, fifth See Gaucher disease, type 1.
- Fingerprint 1. The characteristic dermal ridges on the finger. This is the original meaning of fingerprint. 2. The…
- Mantoux test A skin test for tuberculosis, named for the French physician Charles Mantoux (1877-1947). See: Tuberculin
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.
- Cranial nerve, twelfth See: Twelfth cranial nerve
- Short hairpin RNA See: shRNA
- Tocolysis The delaying or inhibition of labor during the birth process