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Staphylococcus, antibiotic-resistant
Form of the Staphylococcus bacteria that is unaffected by commonly used antibiotics. Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus is a growing problem, particularly in hospitals where Staph infections can run rampant. Treatment is with 'super-…
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Show more- Fraction, ejection The portion of blood that is pumped out of a filled ventricle as a result of a heartbeat. The heart does not…
- Cranial nerve, fourth The fourth cranial nerve, the trochlear nerve, is the nerve supply to the superior oblique muscle of the eye…
- Extension The process of straitening or the state of being strait. Extension of the hip and knee joints is necessary to…
- Humidifier Anything, usually a machine today, that adds moisture to the air
- Hygieia The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of…
- MASS syndrome A heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by involvement of the mitral valve, aorta, skeleton…
- Deficiency, ankyrin Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane…
- Therapeutic touch A practice derived from an ancient technique called laying on of hands. It is based on the premise that it is…
- Thyroglossal cyst A fluid-filled sac present at birth in the midline of the neck. A thyroglossal cyst is a congenital…
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- WF Abbreviation for 'white female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Chromosome inversion, paracentric The chart of the linear array of genes on a chromosome. A chromosome map can also refer to the visual…