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- Isometropia The condition in which both eyes have equal refractive power. If, for example, one eye is myopic…
- Artificial heart A manmade heart. An artificial heart was temporarily implanted in 1969 by Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas…
- Transporter gene The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Hippocrates Rally credited with turning away from divine notions of medicine and using observation of the body as a basis…
- Chewing tobacco Tobacco that is chewed, not smoked. A form of smokeless tobacco. Chewing tobacco and snuff are the two main…
- Peritoneal dialysis Technique that uses the patient's own body tissues inside of the belly (abdominal cavity) to act as a filter…
- Intraoperative radiation therapy Radiation treatment given during surgery. Also called IORT. See also radiation therapy
- Ulcerative gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Maimonides' prayer R of a Physician: A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses…
- Gynecologist A doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs. The word 'gynecologist'…