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Prostheses
More than one prosthesis. See: Prosthesis
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- ACP (American College of Physicians) See: American College of Physicians
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- Otitis externa Otitis externa: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Behcet's disease See: Behcet's syndrome
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- PXE See pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- Medication, antimicrobial A drug used to treat a microbial infection. Antimicrobial is a general term that refers to a group of drugs…
- Artemidorus Artemidorus of Daldis. Greek physician who wrote Oneirocritica, a work dedicated to the interpretation of…
- PSA See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis.