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United States Public Health Service
The agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public Health Service (PHS) administers a number of critically important health agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease…
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Show more- Breast pain Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- Disease, startle A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Bile sludge A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile that occurs when particles of material precipitate from…
- Autologous In blood transfusion and transplantation, a situation in which the donor and recipient are the same person…
- Pool, gene The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time…
- Base sequence analysis A method for determining the order of nucleotide bases in DNA
- Protocol, Bruce See: Bruce protocol
- D.O. Abbreviation for Doctor of Osteopathy, an osteopathic physician. Osteopathy is a system of therapy founded in…
- Leg pain with cramping An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs…
- Hematoma An abnormal localized collection of blood in which the blood is usually clotted or partially clotted and is…
- Pancreas, annular An abnormal ring of pancreatic tissue that encircles the duodenum and often causes intestinal obstruction…
- Levo- Abbreviated LAAM. An alternative to methadone. See: LAAM.