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Pregnancy calendar
A pregnancy calendar is a chronological depiction of changes in a pregnant woman and the embryo/fetus during the 40-week course of pregnancy. Pregnancy calendars usually describe development and growth of the fetus and changes in the…
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Show more- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- Pathobiology Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease
- Lesbian suicide risk High rates of suicide have consistently been reported among homosexuals, particularly among adolescents and…
- Rounds The act of seeing patients in the hospital or another in-patient setting. After doing his hospital rounds…
- Macular Pertaining to the macula. A macula is a small spot. A macula on the skin is a small flat spot while the…
- Splenic artery A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…
- Probiotic A microbe that protects its host and prevents disease. The best-known probiotic is Lactobacillus acidophilus…
- Lancet See: Lancing device.
- Deficiency, iron The most common known form of nutritional disorder in the world, iron deficiency results in anemia because…
- FLT-3 inhibitor A gene-targeted therapy for a common subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) known as FLT-positive AML in…
- Blindness, legal See: Legal blindness
- Syndrome, MASA MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs. Features of the syndrome…