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Show more- Whitmore-Jewett staging system A staging system for prostate cancer. See Jewett staging system
- Migraineur A person who has migraine headache. Borrowed from the French
- Inferior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and delivers it to the right…
- Babinski reflex An important neurologic test based, believe it or not, upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot…
- Histo Popular name for the fungus histoplasma. Also medical school slang for histology
- Grief, unresolved See: Complicated grief
- Chen, Zhong Wei (1929-2004) Chinese surgeon considered the 'father of replantation.' Dr. Chen was the first to reattach a…
- Epigastrium The part of the abdominal wall above the umbilicus (belly button). The hypogastrium is the part of the…
- Dol A unit of measurement of pain. The term dol was invented by James Hardy and his research colleagues Herbert…
- Chemo-brain See: Chemobrain
- Ant, fire Also called thief ants, a scourge, these red or yellow ants of small-to-medium size, originally from South…
- Jellyfish itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…