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Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
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- Meconium Dark sticky material normally present in the intestine at birth and passed in the feces after birth. The…
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- Schmorl's node An upward and downward protrusion (pushing into) of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the…
- Cancer, oral Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A…
- Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy. (From the New Latin, philosophiae doctor). Ph.D.'s are involved in clinical care (as in…
- Rate, maternal mortality The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Hemolytic Referring to hemolysis, the destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from…
- Topical chemotherapy Chemotherapy: Treatment with an anticancer drug in a lotion, ointment or cream that is applied to the skin.
- African-American See: African American