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AAAS
Spoken of as the 'triple-AS', the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an organization concerned not only with the biomedical sciences but with all of the sciences. The AAAS publishes the weekly journal 'Science', one of…
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Show more- OB Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the…
- Urogastrone See: EGF
- Eye, lazy See: Lazy eye
- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- Tissue, lymphoid A part of the body's immune system that helps protect it from bacteria and other foreign entities. Lymphoid…
- Birth rate The birth rate is usually given as the number of live births divided by the average population (or the…
- Legal medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Acou- Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia
- Rehab Short for Rehabilitation
- Diprosopus Two-faced conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical twins). The twins have almost complete fusion of…
- Penis, inflammation of the foreskin and glans In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Addison anemia Anemia: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the…