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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
: The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource, the CC's mission is to 'provide the patient care, services, and environment needed to initiate and support the highest quality…
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- Vestibulocochlear nerve A nerve that is responsible for the sense of hearing and which is also pertinent to balance, to the body…
- Assay An assay is an analysis done to determine: > >The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance…
- Ileitis, Crohn Inflammation of the ileum (the farthest segment of the small intestine) due to Crohn disease. Crohn disease…
- Gray A unit of absorbed radiation equal to the dose of one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of matter, or 100…
- Tubular vision A centrally constricted field of vision that is like what you can see through a tube. Also called tunnel…
- FEMA A name well known to people in the US who have experienced a major natural or made-man disaster. FEMA stands…
- Kiddie cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed so that parents can…
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science EHS): A part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. NIEHS states that its mission…
- Plantar Having to do with the sole of the foot. The plantar response (also known as the Babinski reflex) is elicited…
- Pneumonic plague Infection of the lungs by Yersina pestis, the bacterial agent that causes the plague, a disease of animals…
- Dislocation, congenital hip The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…