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- Contraindication >An absolute contraindication is a situation which makes a particular treatment or procedure absolutely…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Designer estrogen An engineered drug that possesses some, but not all, of the actions of estrogen. Designer estrogens are…
- Thoracic vertebrae The 12 thoracic vertebrae are situated between the cervical (neck) vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae. The…
- OKT3 Brand name for muromonab-CD3, an immunosuppressant drug given intravenously to reverse acute rejection of…
- SNP A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base…
- CC chemokine receptor 5 See: CCR5
- Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde See Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- Pain, shingles Shingles: Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles. When such pain persists beyond one month it…
- AP, X-ray An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from front-to-back (anteroposterior). As opposed to a PA…