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Data
Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of 'the data' erroneously in the singular. 'Data' is a plural noun and takes a plural verb, as in 'the data are very convincing.' It comes from the…
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Show more- Transitional cell carcinoma A type of cancer that develops in the lining of the renal pelvis, ureter or bladder
- Cholesterol lowering with fibrate The fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) The MCAT is a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S. and Canada. The MCAT is…
- Twenty-twenty Perfectly normal vision. From the ability to score 20/20 on the test of visual acuity with the eye chart…
- NEI Stands for National Eye Institute, one of the US National Institutes of Health. NEI's mission is to 'conduct…
- Excrescence An oral antiestrogen. Exemestane inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…
- Dextroposition Move to the right
- Myeloproliferative Referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to red blood cells, granulocytes (a…
- Rate, respiratory See: Respiratory rate
- Stat See: STAT
- Milzbrand Known also as anthrax, milzbrand is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but…
- Fasciculation Involuntary contractions or twitchings of groups of muscle fibers. Fasciculations can occur in normal…