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- Fetoscopy A technique for looking directly at the fetus within the uterus (using a fetoscope).
- Central core disease See: Central core disease of muscle
- Maturity onset diabetes of the young Diabetes mellitus that has early onset (usually before the age of 25), is non-insulin-dependent, and is…
- Biliousness A term used in the 18th and 19th centuries pertaining to bad digestion, stomach pains, constipation, and…
- Mononeuropathy A disorder of a single nerve or nerve trunk. Mononeuropathies may be due to entrapment, compression, stretch…
- Magnesium sulfate A remarkably versatile compound administered intramuscularly and intravenously as an anticonvulsant and as a…
- Stem cell, sperm See: Sperm stem cell
- Orthomolecular medicine 1. A term coined by the chemist Linus Pauling who defined it as 'the preservation of good health and the…
- Apopain See: Caspase 3
- Anomia A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to…
- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…