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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Elevation of the bilirubin level in the blood of the newborn, which results in yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile (bilirubin). In newborn babies a degree of jaundice is normal. It…
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Show more- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- XX The sex chromosome complement of a normal human female. See also X chromosome
- Amnesia Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of…
- Histo Popular name for the fungus histoplasma. Also medical school slang for histology
- Ointment A medication preparation that is applied topically (onto the skin). An ointment has an oil base whereas a…
- Allopath Or allopathist. A term sometimes applied to a physician who practices conventional medicine (allopathy)
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) prevention In many cases, a person may have a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a neurological event with the symptoms of…
- Vaginal birth after Cesarian section It was once the rule that, after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now, vaginal…
- CoQ10 See: Coenzyme Q10
- Bone, shin The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shin bone is…
- RBC Short for red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood. This rather…
- Vulvar Pertaining to the vulva, the female external genitalia including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris…