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MGy
Abbreviation for milligray
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Show more- Scanning electron microscope Abbreviated SEM. A microscope in which a finely focused beam of electrons is scanned across a specimen, and…
- Osteotomy, displacement Surgical reconfiguration of a bone by changing its physical relationship to other bones
- A1C A test that measures how much glucose has been sticking during the past 3-4 months to hemoglobin, the…
- Trip Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine and for LSD
- Homologous The relationship between two chromosomes that are paired and so are homologs of each other.
- Mediastinoscopy A procedure in which the doctor inserts a tube into the chest to view the organs in the mediastinum. The tube…
- Mental child injury Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- Acne, adult Popular name for rosacea. For more information, see: Rosacea
- Supernumerary placenta A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Agonist maintenance treatment See: Methadone treatment program
- Climacteric 1. The menopause in women.2. The corresponding time in the life of men.From the Greek klimakter, meaning…
- Error, type II See: Error, beta