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RCT
Randomized controlled trial
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Show more- Marsh fever See malaria
- Intertrigo A superficial skin disorder involving any area of the body where opposing skin surfaces may touch and rub…
- External fixation A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…
- Medical school, first American See: First American medical school
- Tiredness See: Tired
- Lay midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- BUN Blood urea nitrogen. A measure primarily of the urea level in blood. Urea is cleared by the kidney and…
- Morbidity Illness, disease.
- HEPA Acronym that stands for High-Efficiency Particulate Air and for High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestor. HEPA…
- Facial canal introitus In anatomy, an introitus is an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ. The introitus of the…
- Mean cell hemoglobin concentration Hemoglobin concentration: The average concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of blood. The MCHC is a…
- HSAN III Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy III. See: Familial dysautonomia.