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Case-to-infection proportion
See: Case-to-infection ratio
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Show more- Nasoenteral tube See: Nasogastric tube
- Lymphoma, low-grade See: Low-grade lymphoma
- Aarskog syndrome See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- BM Abbreviation for 'black male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Sphenoid 1. Shaped like a wedge. 2. Relating to the sphenoid bone (which is wedge-shaped)
- Impaction, dental Teeth pressing together. For example, molar teeth (the large teeth in the back of the jaw) can be impacted…
- Antifungal drug A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Necrotic Synonymous with dead. Necrotic tissue is dead tissue.
- Spleen An organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes; it…
- Breech The buttocks
- Cancer of the rectum See: Rectal cancer
- Children of the dark Term applied sometimes to children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…