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Hematologist
A physician who is specially trained in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and bone marrow as well as the immunologic, hemostatic (blood clotting) and vascular systems. Because of the nature of blood, the…
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Show more- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- Colonoscopy, virtual See: Virtual colonoscopy
- Brown syndrome An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown syndrome is an abnormality that is present at birth (congenitally) and…
- Fixation, external A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Hematopoietic Pertaining to hematopoiesis
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…
- Female orgasmic dysfunction Failure of a female to achieve an orgasm (climax) during sexual intercourse. This disorder can originate in…
- Optic glioma A benign tumor on an optic nerve or the optic chiasm (the crossing of the two optic nerves). Optic gliomas…
- Wilson disease Women. A late 20th century creation. A feminist spelling to avoid the suffix men.
- Sharp Medical slang for a needle or similar pointed object
- Tension 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Noisome Offensive to the senses and especially disgusting, offensive, or harmful to the sense of smell. For example…