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Doc
Short and informal for doctor. In a medical context, doc may refer to any medical professional with an MD, a PhD, or any other doctoral degree. The word 'doctor' comes from the Latin 'docere' meaning to teach. A doctor was a teacher…
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Show more- CME Stands for Continuing Medical Education. CME programs are intended, literally, to continue the medical…
- Interventricular foramen An opening between the lateral and third ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities within the…
- Attentional Relating to attention. The term is used in psychology and child development as, for example, early television…
- Appendiceal rupture Rupture of appendix
- DGS See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Acanthosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark thickened velvety patches, especially in the folds of skin in the…
- Response, plantar The plantar response, also known as the Babinski response, is an important neurologic examination based upon…
- Uteroglobin A protein that is induced by progesterone and binds it and that inhibits the enzyme phospholipase A2 (PLA2)…
- Bursitis, elbow Inflammation of the olecranon bursa, the bursa at the tip of the elbow is called the olecranon bursitis. A…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def Cy: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Popcorn worker lung See: Popcorn worker's lung
- EB (epidermolysis bullosa) See: Epidermolysis bullosa