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Med school
Short informal term for medical school. (Medical schools are not often called med schools by medical students.) See: Medical school
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- Mediterranean-style diet See: Mediterranean diet
- Thyroid scan Thyroid scan: An image taken of the thyroid gland after radioactive iodine is taken by mouth. The thyroid…
- OCD 1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder; 2. Osteochondritis dissecans.
- Thyroid cartilage The largest of the cartilages of the larynx (the voice box). The thyroid cartilage is formed of two…
- Psittacosis (parrot fever) Fever: An infectious disease due to a bacteria (Chlamydia psittaci) contracted from psittacine birds…
- Extubate To remove a tube from a hollow organ or passageway, often from the airway. The opposite of extubate is…
- Digestive system The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of it. These…
- Ascariasis Infection with Ascaris lubricoides, the intestinal roundworm, the most common worm infection in humans…
- Chemosense The chemical sensing system. The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses
- Disease, Gilbert See Gilbert syndrome
- Radiculopathy, lumbar See Lumbar radiculopathy