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Tympano-
Prefix indicating a relationship to the ear drum (tympanum). For example, tympanometry is a test that measures the function of the middle ear
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- Clinical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to protect a person from cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes
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- Medicare Part B The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. Medicare is the United States…
- Avulsion Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone.
- Subscapular Under the scapula, like the subscapularis muscle, which originates beneath the scapula.
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- TPN Total parenteral nutrition, intravenous feeding that provides a patient with all of the fluid and the…
- Premature birth A birth that takes place before 37 weeks of gestation have passed. Historically, the definition of…
- Macrobiota The living organisms (or flora and fauna) of a region that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye…