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- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…
- Orthopedist An orthopaedic surgeon, orthopaedics being the branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system…
- GDB The Genome Database (GDB), the official central repository for genomic mapping data resulting from the Human…
- Radium The celebrated radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898
- Anatomy The study of form. Gross anatomy involves structures that can be seen with the naked eye. It is as opposed to…
- Behavior therapy A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- American College of Nurse-Midwives See: Nurse-midwife
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- African tapeworm The beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted…
- Upper leg The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…