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Clinical
1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test may be of clinical value (of use to patients). The term comes through the French 'clinique' from the Greek 'kline' (a couch or…
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- Nicotinic acid Deficiency of nicotinic acid (also known as niacin), one of the B-complex vitamins, causes pellagra. Pellagra…
- Dysarthria Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The…
- Fear of feces El waste): An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers of this fear experience anxiety…
- Pachydermatous 1. Thick-skinned like a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). 2. By extension, insensitive
- Ectodermal dysplasia A genetic disorder in which there is abnormal development of the skin and associated structures (the hair…
- Stroke Stroke: The sudden death of some brain cells due to a lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is…
- Qi gong ('chee-GUNG') A component of traditional Chinese medicine that combines movement, meditation, and regulation…
- Vaccination, Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) Immunization designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a bacteria…
- Liver fluke Fasciola hepatica
- Body surface area BSA. The total suface area of the human body. The BSA is used in many measurements in medicine, including the…