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ASCUS
An acronym for Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance. This term is used in the Bethesda System for reporting Pap smear findings and indicates that some flat (squamous) cells look unusual and may or may not be pre-malignant…
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Show more- TMS Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Family 1. A group of individuals related by blood or marriage or by a feeling of closeness. 2. A biological…
- Takayasu arteritis Inflammation of aorta and its branches. See: Takayasu disease
- Eye chart test This test measures how well you see at various distances. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called…
- Frozen shoulder Frozen shoulder: Constant severe limitation of the range of motion of the shoulder due to scarring around the…
- Sulci The plural of sulcus
- Acuity, visual The clarity or clearness of the vision, a measure of how well a person sees. The ability to distinguish…
- Personality disorder A disorder characterized by the chronic use of mechanisms of coping in an inappropriate, stereotyped, and…
- Drunkorexia A term coined to refer to condition of binge drinking combined with the typical self-imposed starvation seen…
- Chordoma A form of bone cancer that usually starts in the lower spinal column
- Care, managed See: Managed care
- Pancreatic islet cell carcinoma See: Islet cell cancer