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- Yellow fever vaccination A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- In vivo In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
- Living will A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Steatohepatitis Fatty inflammation of the liver, usually in alcoholics. Steato- refers to fat and -hepatitis to inflammation…
- Adenomyosis Pronounced a-den-o- mi-o-sis, this is a common benign condition of the uterus in which the endometrium (the…
- Travel medicine Travel medicine: A branch of medicine that specializes in diseases and conditions that are acquired during…
- BTE Behind-the-ear. See also: Behind-the-ear hearing aid
- Boil A skin abscess, a collection of pus localized deep in the skin. A boil usually starts as a reddened, tender…
- Mixed mania A state of mind characterized by symptoms of both mania and depression seen sometimes in bipolar disorders…