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Kyphosis
Kyphosis: Outward curvature of the spine, causing a humped back. Treatment is by physical therapy and wearing a back brace, and in some cases by surgery. Surgery may include inserting a metal rod in the spine and restructuring some bones…
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Show more- ORS 1. Oral rehydration salts. 2. Oral rehydration solution. 3. Orthopaedic Research Society
- Bp In genetics, base pair. In general medicine, blood pressure (but usually in capital letters as BP)
- Roseola infantilis Roseola infantilis: Roseola infantilis is another name for roseola, also formally called roseola infantum…
- Cataplexy A debilitating medical condition in which a person suddenly feels weak and collapses at moments of strong…
- Chain-termination codon A set of three adjacent bases in the DNA or their complementary bases in messenger RNA that specifies the end…
- Dumdum fever Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs)…
- Jenner's method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Radiation therapy, internal Radiation therapy in which a small container of radioactive material is implanted in the body, in or near the…
- Sex region Y A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region which goes by the symbol…
- Centromere The cinched 'waist' of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the…
- Osteotomy, block Surgical removal a section of bone
- Immunization, Td Td is the vaccine given to children over six and adults as boosters for immunity to diphtheria and tetanus