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Psychosomatic
Relating to both the mind and the body or to the mind-body interrelationships. From the Greek words psych(emacr) meaning the organ of thought and judgment + somatikos meaning the body
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- Attenuated FAP Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase
- ATP 1. Adenosine triphosphate. 2. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura
- Breast abscess A local accumulation of pus within the breast due to infection. Symptoms may include painful local swelling…
- EC 1. Endocannabinoid.2. Extracranial.3. Embryonal carcinoma
- A (adenine) In genetics, A stands for adenine, one member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base…
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- Achalasia Our Achalasia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Achalasia…
- Random number table A table of numbers generated in an unpredictable, haphazard sequence. Tables of random numbers are used to…
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis Primary sclerosing cholangitis: A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the…