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Hospitalist
A hospital-based general physician. Hospitalists assume the care of hospitalized patients in the place of patients' primary care physician. The term 'hospitalist' was first introduced in 1996 by RM Wachter and L Goldman to describe…
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Show more- Automated white cell differential A machine-generated percentage of the different types of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes…
- Eicosapentaenoic acid One of the principal omega-3 fatty acids. Abbreviated EPA. The body has a limited ability to manufacture EPA…
- Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome See: Alstrom syndrome
- MTX Abbreviation for methotrexate
- Congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens A condition in males when the tubes that carry sperm from the testes (the vas deferens) fail to develop…
- Foot-drop Dropping of the front of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the anterior muscles of the lower leg…
- Agenesis Lack of development of something. For example, agenesis of a toe means that toe failed to form.
- Health, industrial A branch of public health concerned with the health and well-being of workers. Its aims are to eliminate…
- Contralateral On the other side. The contralateral breast is the breast on the other breast. A stroke affecting the right…
- Berlin Heart The name of a company in Berlin, Germany and of a ventricular assist device it makes. The device works by…
- Tailbone Popular name for the coccyx, the small bone at the bottom of the spine made up of 3-5 rudimentary vertebrae.
- Thyroidectomy The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland. NTER> Subtotal thyroidectomy, the more commonly…