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Internist
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and medical treatment of adults. This specialty, called internal medicine, is dedicated to adult medicine. A minimum of seven years of medical school and postgraduate training are focused on…
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Show more- Gas chromatography (GC) A type of automated chromatography (a technique used to separate mixtures of substances) in which the mixture…
- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Cold injury Cold injuries include chilblains, 'trench foot,' and frostbite. Cold injuries occur with and without freezing…
- Pyelonephritis in children Kidney infection in children. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Tonsil stone A tiny stone (calculus) in the tonsils. These stones, called tonsilloliths, are found within little pockets…
- Richard L. Varco See: Varco, Richard L.
- Gymnophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Central nervous system (CNS) The central nervous system is that part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The…
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Enzyme A protein (or protein-based molecule) that speeds up a chemical reaction in a living organism. An enzyme acts…
- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle One of a group of diseases that may begin in childhood or later with slowly progressive weakness and wasting…
- Spanish influenza See: Spanish flu