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AK
1. Above the knee. 2. Acanthamoeba keratitis. 3. Actinic keratosis
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- Chronic This important term in medicine comes from the Greek chronos, time and means lasting a long time. A chronic…
- Athymic Lacking a thymus gland
- Epidural hematoma A hematoma between the cranium (skull) and the brain's tissue-like covering, which is known as the dura…
- Multicentric Having more than one center. A term often applied to tumors. A minority of Wilms tumors are multicentric and…
- Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research Abbreviated CBER. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Human Development, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Death 1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the…
- MBChB Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees, which are awarded in the U.K. and other countries (such…
- Td Adult diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. See Td immunization
- Vertebra, slipped See: Spondylolisthesis
- Kilocalorie The term used to represent the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one…