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- Plexus, brachial See: Brachial plexus
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- Severe congenital neutropenia Neutropenia: A genetic disorder of the bone marrow characterized by a lack of neutrophils, white blood cells…
- Subclavian steal An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Breech The buttocks
- PFT Pulmonary function test, a test designed to measure how well the lungs are working. PFTs gauge how the lungs…
- Magnetic-targeted carrier A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Selenium poisoning Poisoning from selenium, a naturally occurring substance that is toxic at high concentrations but is also a…