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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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- Elizabeth Blackwell See: Blackwell, Elizabeth
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- Osteotomy Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Gene-expression profiling A genomic technique that based on the fact that only a fraction of the genes encoded in the genome of a cell…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Hematology The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and bone marrow as well as of the…
- Nonsyndromic Not part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Sigmodon hispidus See: Cotton rat
- Disease, Anderson-Fabry See: Fabry disease