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Mm
Abbreviation for millimeters. For example, mm Hg means millimeters of mercury, the height of a column of mercury, as in a blood pressure reading. (In upper-case letters, MM stands for meningomyelocele, malignant melanoma, and multiple…
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Show more- T.i.d. (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, t.i.d. means three times a day. It is an abbreviation for 'ter in die' which in Latin…
- Syndrome, nail-patella See Nail-patella syndrome
- Naturopathic Pertaining to naturopathy
- Senile 1. Pertaining to old age. 2. Pertaining to the physical decline associated with old age. 3. Pertaining to the…
- Disease, Refsum See Refsum disease
- Development, Human, . . . (NICHD) Of Child Health and (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- TMJ Tempero-mandibular joint, the joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull.
- Adenocarcinoma A cancer that develops in the lining or inner surface of an organ. More than 95 percent of prostate cancers…
- Locoregional Limited to a local region. See also: Locoregional anesthesia; Locoregional metastasis
- Fever, yellow See: Yellow fever
- Subacute Rather recent onset or somewhat rapid change. The term 'subacute' is used in contrast to acute which…
- Nasal septum deviation Failure of the nasal septum to be in the midline where it is supposed to be. (The nasal septum is the wall…