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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
An agency of the US Department of Defense specializing in pathology consultation, education and research. The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) consults on many cases, including difficult, unusual, or rare tumors sent for an…
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- Diverticulosis Diverticulosis: Diverticulosis is the condition of having diverticula, small outpouchings from the large…
- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- Lb. The abbreviation for pound, the measure of weight, lb. (plural: lb. or lbs.) stands for 'libra' (Latin for…
- Neuralgia Pain along the course of a nerve
- PJS Polycystic kidney disease.
- Male chromosome complement The large majority of males have a 46, XY chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an X and a Y…
- Bone marrow aspiration The removal of a small amount of bone marrow (usually from the hip) through a needle. The needle is placed…
- Materterine See: Materteral
- Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
- Bicuspid Having two flaps or cusps. The heart valve that is called the bicuspid valve is located between the left…
- Group therapy 1) A type of psychiatric care in which several patients meet with one or more therapists at the same time…