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Peer review
Scrutiny by one's peers (equals). Peer-reviewed articles appearing in medical journals have been scrutinized by members of the biomedical community before publication
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- Incontinence, rectal Inability to hold feces in the rectum due to failure of voluntary control over the anal sphincters with…
- Borderline personality disorder Borderline personality disorder: A serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods…
- Hiccup A hiccup is an extraordinary type of respiratory movement involving a sudden inspiration (intake of air) due…
- Disease, alveolar hydatid See Nail-patella syndrome.
- Rodenticidal Capable of killing rats or other rodent pests or preventing them from damaging food, crops, etc
- Twilight sleep Sleep: A term applied to the combination of analgesia (pain relief) and amnesia (loss of memory) produced by…
- Exercise, isometric Exercise involving muscular contractions without movement of the involved parts of the body. Isometric…
- Toenail A toenail is produced by living skin cells in the toe. A toenail consists of several parts including the nail…
- Extra systole See: Extrasystole
- Sinus barotrauma Sinus troubles, particularly with pain and a feeling of pressure, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as…
- Amnesia, transient global See: Transient global amnesia.