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- Legg-Perthes disease See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Deja vu (In French, dejà vu means 'already seen.' and the word dejà has an acute accent on the e and a grave accent…
- Tube, tympanostomy A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…
- Antiviral agent An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Prostate gland A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the…
- Acellular Not made up of cells or divided into cells. Or lacking intact cells as, for example, an acellular vaccine…
- Tapazol Trade name for methimazole, an antithyroid medication.
- ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- Osteopetrosis Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the…
- Ut dict. Abbreviation meaning 'as directed' (from the Latin 'ut dictum', as directed). One of a number of hallowed…