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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
>To provide responsible advocacy for and education of patients and the public in all health-related matters; >To preserve and promote quality cost-effective health care; >To promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure an…
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Show more- Ceruloplasmin deficiency Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain…
- Vaccination, hepatitis A See: Hepatitis A immunization
- Cruciate ligament, posterior The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- DXA bone scan See: DXA
- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- Perichondrium A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all cartilage, except the…
- Noncoding DNA The strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make proteins. DNA normally has two…
- Skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata
- Taenia saginata The beef tapeworm. The most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw…
- Protein requirements, infant Proteins contain different amino acids that are linked together. Proteins provide both calories and the amino…
- Esophageal Pertaining to the esophagus
- Axillary hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating from the armpits. Excessive underarm perspiration tends to start in late…