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Achilles
In Greek mythology, the hero who was thought to have some special medical knowledge. Achilles studied medicine with Chiron, the centaur, who invented it. '...But save me. Take me to the ship, cut this arrow out of my leg, wash the blood…
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Show more- Viable Capable of life. For example, a viable premature baby is one who is able to survive outside the womb.
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Laryngeal Having to do with the larynx (the voice box). NTER>
- Anticholinergic The action of certain medications that inhibit the transmission of parasympathetic nerve impulses and thereby…
- Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) The presence of AFP, a plasma protein normally produced by the fetus, in the mother's blood. MSAFP serves as…
- Choriocarcinoma A highly malignant tumor that arises from trophoblastic cells within the uterus. Choriocarcinoma tends to be…
- Syndrome, floppy baby A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- Ileus, paralytic Paralysis of the intestine. To be termed 'paralytic ileus,' the intestinal paralysis need not be complete…
- Ocular melanoma See: Melanoma, ocular
- Atriodigital dysplasia See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Melancholia Old term for depression.
- Occipital bone The bone that forms the rear and the rear bottom of the skull. The occipital bone encloses a large oval hole…