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WM
Abbreviation for 'white male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical examination. For example, WDWNWM = well developed, well nourished white male; WDWNBM = well developed, well nourished black male…
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- Leech 1. An aquatic parasite that sucks blood from animals. Leeches play a role in medicine today. See: Leech…
- Adducted thumbs with mental retardation A syndrome with the following characteristic features: > >neurologically: mental retardation and aphasia…
- Fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas and acrochordons See: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- HSP Henoch-Schonlein purpura. See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Treatment, palliative To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Recombination The trading of fragments of genetic material between chromosomes before the egg and sperm cells are created…
- Endemic typhus Murine typhus, an acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder…
- Pseudomonas cepacia Bacterium now known as Burkholderia cepacia. See: Burkholderia cepacia
- Wax, ear The ear canal is shaped somewhat like an hourglass. The skin on the outer part of the canal has special…
- Cryosurgery Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue. See also cryotherapy.