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Allopathic medicine
The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment. MDs practice allopathic medicine. Also called conventional medicine. The term…
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- Neurotoxin A substance that causes damage to nerves or nerve tissue. For example, lead is a neurotoxin
- Physical therapist A person trained and certified by a state or accrediting body to design and implement physical therapy…
- Coryza A cold in the head. The word 'coryza' came from the Greek 'koryza' which is thought to have been compounded…
- Rhinitis Acute Inflammation of the nose that occurs for only a few days. Typically this is caused by a virus ('a cold'); if…
- Neurofibromatosis A genetic disorder of the nervous system that primarily affects the development and growth of neural (nerve)…
- The South Beach Diet The South Beach Diet is a weight loss plan described by cardiologist Arthur Agatston, MD in a best-selling…
- Meningitis, meningococcal Meningitis, meningococcal: Inflammation of the meninges (the membranes covering of the brain and spinal cord)…
- Euthyroid The state of having normal thyroid gland function. As opposed to hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid) and…
- Asbestosis A condition featuring scarring of the lungs caused by inhaled asbestos fibers. Asbestosis is irreversible. It…
- Staging, laparoscopic See: Laparoscopic staging
- Nuchal translucency test A measurement of the size of the translucent space behind the neck of the fetus using ultrasound at between…