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Indication
1. In medicine, a condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure advisable. CML (chronic myeloid leukemia) is an indication for the use of Gleevec (imatinib mesylate). 2. A sign or a circumstance which points to or shows the…
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- ADD (attention deficit disorder) Attention deficit disorder: An inability to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli…
- Strabismus surgery Surgery for strabismus, a condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear…
- H. sapiens See: Homo sapiens
- Xeroradiography The process of making a type of dry x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on…
- Test, child development A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Miller-Dieker syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic…
- Lower GI series Short for lower gastrointestinal series. A series of x-rays of the rectum, colon and lower section of the…
- Laryngeal papillomatosis Laryngeal papillomatosis is the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords. The disease is most…
- Craniopagus Conjoined twins whose heads are fused together. From cranio-, relating to the cranium + the Greek pagos…