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Western medicine
Conventional medicine, as distinct for instance from traditional Chinese medicine
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- Familial Parkinson disease type 8 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Colostomy An alternative exit from the colon created to divert waste through a hole in the colon and through the wall…
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- Thyrolingual cyst See: Thyroglossal cyst
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