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Anesthesiologist
A physician or, less often, a dentist who is specialized in the practice of anesthesiology, the branch of medicine involving the use of drugs or other agents that cause insensibility to pain. There is a major distinction between an…
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- Amnestic aphasia See Anomia
- CHEK2 A gene on chromosome 22q that encodes a kinase enzyme and influences a person's susceptibility to breast…
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug: A type of drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of inflammation of…
- Allergic vasculitis Vasculitis: A disease (also more commonly called the Churg-Straus syndrome) characterized by inflammation of…
- Cerebral aneurysm A localized widening of a vessel within the brain. See: Berry aneurysm
- Ciguatoxin A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms…
- Bones of the arm, wrist and hand There are 64 bones in the upper extremity. They consist of 10 shoulder and arm, 16 wrist and 38 hand bones. >…
- Nook Barker See: Barker, Horace Albert
- Somnambulist Sleep talking. Talking in one's sleep is considered a normal phenomenon that is of no medical or…
- Ovary, polycystic See: Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Rib cage The structure formed by the thoracic vertebrae and ribs, the sternum (breastbone), and the costal cartilages…