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Neurotheology
The search for the place(s) in the brain where religious beliefs originate. Neurotheology mixes terms and methods from science and religion in an attempt to confer the authority of science upon religion. For example, a SPECT scan-study of…
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Show more- Ciliary muscle One of the muscles that relax the zonules to enable the lens to change shape for focusing. The zonules are…
- Androgen suppression Treatment designed to suppress or block the production of male hormones. Androgen suppression can be achieved…
- Polio, abortive A minor form of infection with the polio virus, abortive polio accounts for 80 to 90 percent of clinically…
- Branchial cyst Branchial cyst: Also called a branchial cleft cyst, this is a cavity that is a remnant from embryologic…
- Pseudomonas pseudomallei A bacteria that causes an infectious illness called melioidosis or Whitmore's disease that is most frequent…
- Childhood (1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of…
- Test, syphilis (RPR) Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Ovarian Of or pertaining to the ovary
- Interstitial Pertaining to being between things, especially between things that are normally closely spaced. The word…
- Enterovirus A virus that enters the body through the gastrointestinal tract and thrives there, often moving on to attack…
- Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia A chronic low-grade (indolent) type of lymphoma due to a malignant clone of plasma cells. These plasma cells…
- Index case A person who first draws attention to their family. For example, if my eye doctor discovers I have glaucoma…