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- Immunization, German measles Measles: See Immunization, MMR
- MCTD Abbreviation standing for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an overlapping mixture of three diseases of…
- Gastroenterologist A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract…
- Placental Pertaining to the placenta, the organ joining the mother and fetus during pregnancy
- An- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, or -less.'…
- Cranial dystonia A term used to describe dystonia that affects the muscles of the head, face, and neck. Oromandibular dystonia…
- Trait In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic. In technical terms, a genetic trait…
- Pollenosis See: Pollinosis
- Channelopathy A disease involving dysfunction of an ion channel. Channelopathies are known that involve the ion channels…
- Beaufort wind scale A widely used wind force scale whih is a simple numerical relationship to wind speed based on an observation…
- Shell egg An egg in a shell. See: Raw egg