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Pulse, pistol-shot
See: Pulse, water hammer
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- Genitalia, male internal See: Male internal genitalia
- Paediatrics Pediatrics in Great Britain.
- STI Abbreviation for: 1. Sexually transmitted infection. 2. Soft tissue infection. 3. Systolic time interval
- Knee jerk The reflex tested by tapping just below the knee causing the lower leg to suddenly jerk forward. What is…
- Transplantation, peripheral blood stem cell A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow…
- Angiohemophilia See: Von Willebrand disease
- Acute-phase proteins See: Acute-phase protein
- Excision 1. Surgical removal, as in the excision of a tumor. 2. The removal as if by surgery, as in base excision…
- Amblyopia, nocturnal Amblyopia refers to blindness so nocturnal amblyopia is, literally, night blindness. Listed in medical…
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…