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DOTS
Stands for Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course. DOTS is a strategy used to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases. In DOTS, healthcare workers observe patients as they take their medicine. Left alone, many people with…
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Show more- Test, visual field A test which measures the extent and distribution of the field of vision. The visual field test may be done…
- Mad deer disease See Chronic wasting disease
- Microscopic anatomy The study of the form of structures seen under the microscope, as opposed to gross anatomy which involves…
- Generic 1. The chemical name of a drug. 2. A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome A genetic disease characterized by: > >hemangioblastomas (benign blood vessel tumors) in the brain, spinal…
- USFDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (best known as the FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Public…
- Disease, phytanic acid storage See Refsum disease
- Pancreatic Having to do with the pancreas, a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of…
- Diabetic ketoacidosis High blood glucose with the presence of ketones in the urine and bloodstream, often caused by taking too…
- Hydrocephalus, congenital Hydrocephalus present at birth
- Premenstrual Just before the start of menstruation. As in a premenstrual headache
- Thyroiditis Thyroiditis: Inflammation of the thyroid gland which is located in front of the neck: NTER> The inflamed…