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Stethoscope
An instrument used to transmit low-volume sounds such as the heartbeat (or intestinal, venous, or fetal sounds) to the ear of the listener. A stethoscope may consist of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing to a diaphragm…
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- Legg disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Susceptibility genes, breast cancer Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes make one more susceptible to…
- Carbon monoxide on houseboats See: Houseboat carbon monoxide poisoning
- Onychoosteodysplasia This is the nail-patella syndrome, an hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed (dysplastic) or…
- Sixth disease A viral disease of infants and young children with sudden onset of high fever which lasts several days and…
- WDWN Abbreviation for 'well developed, well nourished' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results…
- Water blister A blister with clear watery contents that is not purulent (does not contain pus) and is not sanguineous (does…
- Intestine The long, tubelike organ in the abdomen that completes the process of digestion. It consists of the small and…
- DNA assembly The process of putting fragments of DNA that have been sequenced into their correct chromosomal positions…
- Drain, Jackson Pratt See: JP drain
- Anthropology, forensic Forensic: See: Forensic anthropology