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Chiropractor
Someone who practices chiropractic. Chiropractic defined as a system of diagnosis and treatment that is based upon the concept that the nervous system coordinates all of the body's functions and holds that disease results from a lack of…
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Show more- Dermal Pertaining to the skin. From the Greek word derma for skin
- Obesity, endogenous Overweight caused by malfunction of the hormonal or metabolic system
- Parenteral nutrition Intravenous feeding. Also called parenteral alimentation
- Remote telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a great distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and…
- Mitochondrial inheritance The inheritance of a trait encoded in the mitochondrial genome. Because of the oddities of mitochondria…
- Humerus The long bone in the arm which extends from the shoulder to the elbow.
- Sign, Kernig A clinical hallmark of meningitis, inflammation of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal…
- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- Burn treatment The treatment of burns depends on the depth, area and location of the burn. Burn depth is generally…
- Clonote The first cell produced by the combination of a nucleus and an enucleated ovum that launches the process of…
- Perichondrium A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all cartilage, except the…
- Rift Valley fever A viral disease that is acute, causes fever in domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and…