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Brainstem implant
A type of hearing aid that bypasses the cochlea in the middle ear and the auditory nerve and is implanted in the brainstem. This type of implant helps individuals who cannot benefit from a cochlear implant because the auditory nerves are…
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Show more- Locomotive system Limited to a local region. See also: Locoregional anesthesia; Locoregional metastasis.
- Medical Repository The first medical magazine and the first scientific journal published in the United States. The Medical…
- Analytic sensitivity The lowest level of a substance that can be detected by an analytic method
- Caenorhabditis elegans genome See: C. elegans genome
- Algophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of pain. The fear is excessive, beyond that which is expected under the…
- Poikiloderma Extra pigmentation of the skin demonstrating a variety of shades and associated with widened capillaries…
- Silica The chief component of sand and a substance responsible for lung disease and cancer. Crystalline silica of…
- Anovular Not accompanied by ovulation, the release of an ovum (egg) from the ovary. Synonymous with anovulatory
- System, autonomic nervous Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Campylobacteriosis Disease caused by Campylobacter jejuni, now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning, most often spread…
- Pelvis, android There are significant differences in the anatomy of the pelvis in the female and male. The android or male…
- Hepatitis, toxic Hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) caused by an industrial chemical such as carbon tetrachloride or…