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Coinsurance
A provision by which the insured individual shares in the cost of certain expenses. The same as co-payment
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- Pain, ankle Pain felt in the low or upper back. There are many causes of back pain. Pain in the low back can relate to…
- Cord, spinal See: Spinal cord
- Intravenous cholangiogram Feeding through a vein. Also called parenteral alimentation or parenteral nutrition.
- Intrafallopian A term meaning 'within the fallopian tube.' There are two fallopian tubes in female mammals, including human…
- Bovine Having to do with cows and cattle, as in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), bovine…
- Melanocyte A pigment-producing cell in the skin, hair and eye that determines their color. The pigment that melanocytes…
- Poliovirus A member of the enterovirus subgroup, family Picornaviridae. Enteroviruses are transient inhabitants of the…
- Intraventricular In the ventricle of the heart or brain.
- Fibroblast A cell ubiquitous in connective tissue that makes and secretes collagen
- Autoimmune thyroid disease Disease of the thyroid gland due to autoimmunity in which the patient's immune system attacks and damages…
- Heart The muscle that pumps blood received from veins into arteries throughout the body. It is positioned in the…