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IQ
Abbreviation for intelligence quotient, an attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. The IQ score is usually based upon the results of a written test. To calculate the IQ, the person's mental age (as determined by a test) is divided…
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Show more- Rounds The act of seeing patients in the hospital or another in-patient setting. After doing his hospital rounds…
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) An hereditary cancer syndrome which carries a very high risk of colon cancer and an above-normal risk…
- Paterson-Kelly syndrome See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Toxic shock syndrome A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized…
- Endocrine Pertaining to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the bloodstream through which they…
- Synaptic cleft The tiny space between two nerve cells across which the neurotransmitter acetylcholine diffuses
- Humor In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- CCK Cholecystokinin
- Electron beam computerized tomography (EBCT) A new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD). EBCT, or…
- Midwife, certified professional See: Certified professional midwife
- Atopy The genetic tendency to develop the classic allergic diseases -- atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis (hay…
- CRAC1 Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1. Also called hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed…