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Rounds
The act of seeing patients in the hospital or another in-patient setting. After doing his hospital rounds, Dr. Moscati felt ill, went to his room, sat in his chair and expired
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- Microscope, simple A microscope that has a single converging lens (or a combination of lenses that function optically as a…
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- Open heart surgery Surgery in which the chest is opened and surgery is performed on the heart. The term 'open' refers to the…
- Slake 1. To satisfy or quench. As, for example, she drank some water to slake her thirst. 2. To mix with water, to…
- Toxic goiter, diffuse Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- Dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Dorothy Hodgkin See: Hodgkin, Dorothy
- Electrogastrogram Electrogastrogram: An electrogastrogram is a study in which the electrical current generated by the muscle of…
- Rash, yeast diaper Rash, yeast diaper: Infection in the diaper area caused by a yeast formerly called Monilia and now called…
- Disease, guinea worm See: Guinea worm disease