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Audiologist
A health care professional who is trained to evaluate hearing loss and related disorders, including balance (vestibular) disorders and tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and to rehabilitate individuals with hearing loss and related disorders…
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- Abdominal hysterectomy Surgical removal of the uterus (a hysterectomy) done through an incision made in the abdominal wall. As…
- Cadmium A metallic element whose salts are toxic and cause cancer. Cadmium and cadmium compounds were upgraded in…
- Infarction The formation of an infarct, an area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a…
- Collagen Collagen is the principal protein of the skin, tendons, cartilage, bone and connective tissue
- Rodney K. Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- Medication, antimicrobial A drug used to treat a microbial infection. Antimicrobial is a general term that refers to a group of drugs…
- Aging The process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated…
- Cheilitis Inflammation of the lips or of a lip. Cheilitis can also be spelled chilitis. Angular cheilitis is…
- Warts, plantar Warts that grow on the soles of the feet. Plantar warts are different from most other warts. They tend to be…
- Acetyl coenzyme A An important metabolic intermediate, derived from various pathways, such as glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation…
- Bone, carpal One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones…