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Nerve, accessory
See: Accessory nerve
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- Romano-Ward syndrome See: Long QT syndrome
- Multiple daily injections Abbreviated MDI. Several shots every day as of insulin to provide tight control of blood sugar
- Drain A device for removing fluid from a cavity or wound. A drain is typically a tube or wick. As a verb, to allow…
- Fever, valley A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Chemo-brain See: Chemobrain
- JPC Juvenile polyposis coli. See: Juvenile polyposis
- Hypercapnia More than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypercapnia is as opposed to hypocapnia and…
- Mixed bipolar state The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- MM In medicine, the abbreviation for meningomyelocele (spina bifida), malignant melanoma, and multiple myeloma…
- Otoplasty Otoplasty: Plastic surgery to reshape the outer ear.
- Polydipsia Excessive thirst all the time. Polydipsia occurs, for example, in untreated or poorly controlled diabetes…