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Vaccination, children's
See: DPT immunization.
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- Zinc finger protein 9 See: ZNF9
- Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Preclinical study A study to test a drug, procedure or other medical treatment in animals. The aim is to collect data in…
- Sulfonamides The sulfa-related group of antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infection and some fungal…
- Tooth, cracked, syndrome A toothache caused by a broken tooth (tooth fracture) without associated cavity or advanced gum disease…
- Spine, slipped See: Spondylolisthesis
- Radiation fibrosis Scarring of the lungs from radiation. Radiation fibrosis is a sequel of radiation pneumonitis (inflammation…
- Prenatal radiation exposure The exposure of an unborn baby to radiation. Radiation exposure of the fetus can occur when the mother's…
- LUL Acronym for the left upper lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is naturally…
- Trip-hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer