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DOTS
Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases. In DOTS, healthcare workers observe patients as they take their medicine. Left alone, many people with…
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Show more- SCFE Slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
- Aarskog syndrome See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Lithotripsy, percutaneous nephro- (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…
- Hypercalciuria Excess calcium in the urine
- Behavior, automatic A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Familial cylindromatosis A genetic syndrome in which numerous benign tumors of skin adnexa (such as the sweat glands) develop…
- Cancer, kidney Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic products from…
- Vein, large saphenous The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Melanoma vaccine A cancer vaccine prepared from human melanoma cancer cells. It may be used alone or with other therapy in…
- Nirenberg See: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Omphalos The omphalos (or omphalus) is also called the umbilicus or navel. 'Omphalos' is the Greek word for the navel…
- Arterial aneurysm An outpouching (aneurysm) of an artery. As opposed to a venous or cardiac aneurysm. An aneurysm is a…