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- Tid (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, tid means three times a day. It is an abbreviation for 'ter in die' which in Latin…
- Staphylococcal infection Infection with one of the Staphylococcal bacteria. Staph infection can cause pus-filled abscesses on the skin…
- Ventricle, cerebral One of a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of…
- Sociopath A term once used for someone with what is now called antisocial personality disorder
- Nose job Slang for plastic surgery on the nose, known medically as a rhinoplasty. This is a facial cosmetic procedure…
- Lipids Another word for 'fats.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) Lipids can be more formally defined as…
- Thoracotomy An operation to open the chest
- SLV Sapporo-like virus. See: Sapovirus
- Esophageal reflux A condition wherein stomach contents regurgitate or back up (reflux) into the esophagus (a long cylindrical…
- Neoplasm A tumor. An abnormal growth of tissue. The word neoplasm is not synonymous with cancer. A neoplasm may be…
- BMP2 Bone morphogenic protein 2