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- Deuteranopia Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranomaly or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Oriental medicine (traditional) His is a sophisticated form of medicine that is comprised of many systematic techniques and methods…
- Retraction syndrome See: Duane syndrome
- Defibrillator, implantable cardiac A device put within the body that is designed to recognize certain types of abnormal heart rhythms…
- De Musset sign Rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the heart beat, a sign of aortic insufficiency…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Uterine cancer Uterine cancer: Cancer of the womb (the uterus). Also called endometrial cancer. Cancer of the uterus occurs…
- ERCP ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Aphasia, amnesic See Anomia
- Vocal cord paralysis Vocal cord paralysis:bility of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually due to…
- Code, emergency While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…