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Script
An informal colloquial term for a prescription. Derived from prescription by removing both its beginning and ending to save a little bit of time and effort
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Show more- Gram stain The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853-1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…
- Restless legs See: Restless leg syndrome
- Polydactyly More than the normal number of fingers or toes. From the Greek 'polys' (many) + 'dactylos' (finger) = many…
- Onchocerciasis River blindness, a disease caused by a parasitic worm (Onchocerca volvulus) which is transmitted to persons…
- Polonies See: Polony
- AMI Acute myocardial infarction. A heart attack. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the heart muscle…
- Bed bug A blood-sucking bug in the Cimex family that lives hidden in bedding or furniture, coming out at night to…
- Olefaction Common misspelling of olfaction
- Birth companion See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Maple syrup urine disease Hereditary disease due to deficiency of an enzyme involved in amino acid metabolism, characterized by urine…
- Venous aneurysm A local widening and bulging (an aneurysm) of a vein. As opposed to an arterial aneurysm or a cardiac…
- Endometrioma Part of the condition known as endometriosis. Endometrioma is a type of cyst formed when endometrial tissue…