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Bodywork
Any of a number of therapeutic or simply relaxing practices that involve the manipulation, massage, or regimented movement of body parts. Examples include massage, craniosacral therapy, and Pilates. Bodywork may be used as an adjunct to…
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Show more- Virus, negative-strand RNA See: Negative-strand RNA virus
- BX Medical abbreviation for biopsy. See: bx
- Dirofilaria immitis The dog heartworm
- Vaccine, oral polio See: Polio vaccine, oral
- Morton's nerve entrapment See: Morton's neuroma
- AED (automated external defibrillator) See: Automated external defibrillator
- Nasal decongestant A drug that shrinks the swollen membranes in the nose, making it easier to breath. Decongestants can be taken…
- Growth, normal See: Normal growth
- Inverted repeat A sequence of nucleotides in the DNA that is identical to another except that it has been reversed (inverted)…
- Phase, resting More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Naegleria fowleri A protozoa that is a pathogenic free-living ameba. Infection with Naegleria fowleri causes primary amebic…
- Stye A stye is a red tender bump on the eyelid that is caused by an acute infection of the oil glands of the…