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Perfect pitch
The inherent human ability to identify a note or sing it without hearing a reference note beforehand. Since most native speakers of languages that use tones to convey meaning have perfect pitch for language, it is now believed that babies…
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Show more- Reporting, unique identifier In public health, a system that uses information such as the person's birth date and part of their…
- Aorta, coarctation of the A congenital constriction of the aorta, impeding the flow of blood below the level of the constriction and…
- Vaccination, serum hepatitis Serum hepatitis is hepatitis B (hep B). Hep B vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half…
- Dose, absorbed In radiology, the absorbed dose is the amount of energy that is deposited in any material by ionizing…
- Antigen-antibody complex The complex formed by the binding of an antibody and an antigen. Antigen-antibody complexes are mediators of…
- Distention The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. For example, on inhalation there is…
- Regurgitation, aortic See: Aortic regurgitation
- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia
- Headache, thunderclap A sudden and excruciatingly painful headache. Some doctors feel that in the absence of a known headache…
- Zinsser disease Also called Brill-Zinsser disease, recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent…
- Disease, Crohn A chronic inflammatory disease primarily involving the small and large intestine but which can affect other…
- Hippophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…