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Show more- CBT Cognitive behavior therapy. See: Cognitive therapy
- Mitral prolapse Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve cusps during the contraction of the heart.
- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- Adductor muscle Any muscle that pulls a body part toward the midline. For example, the adductor muscles of the legs pull the…
- Larynx transplant A transplant of the larynx, or voicebox. This procedure permits a human-sounding voice with inflection…
- Francis Crick See: Crick, Francis
- Vaccination, polio The vaccines available for vaccination against polio are OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) and IPV (Inactivated Polio…
- Prostaglandin F2-alpha One of the prostaglandins, a group of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body…
- Therapy, behavior A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- AP (anteroposterior) In anatomy, AP stands for anteroposterior: from front-to-back. For example, an AP X-ray of the chest is taken…
- Poison Control Center Special information centers set up to inform Americans about how to respond to potential poisoning. These…
- Gingivitis, necrotizing This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…