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Environmental tobacco smoke
Abbreviated ETS. Secondhand smoke. See: ETS.
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Show more- Transplant, lung The first lung transplant was done by the American surgeon James Hardy (1918-) in 1964.
- Hormone, T3 Triiodothyronine, a thyroid hormone. The number 3 is usually in subscript
- Genetic code The instructions in a gene that tell the cell how to make a specific protein. A, T, G, and C are the…
- Calf bone Familiar name for the fibula, the lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg. The…
- Second degree burn See: Burn, second degree
- Transcranial Through the cranium. As, for example, in transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Capsaicin A component of certain plants, including cayenne and red pepper, used topically to relieve minor arthritis…
- Intussusception Intussusception: Telescoping (prolapse) of a portion of the intestine within another immediately adjacent…
- Purpura, allergic See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Jumper's knee See: Patellar tendonitis
- Cathexis In psychiatry, the concentration of psychic energy on an idea, object, or other object
- JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA began publication in 1883. It now bills itself as 'the…