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Crippled
A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through damage or loss of an essential body part or element. However, in the not-so-distant past there were US federal funds appropriated…
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Show more- ELA2 The gene encoding the enzyme elastase 2 (neutrophilic elastase). Mutations in ELA2 cause cyclic…
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- Outpatient A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalized) but instead is cared for elsewhere -- as in a doctor's…
- Thrombosis, cavernous sinus A cavernous sinus thrombosis is a blood clot within the cavernous sinus, a large channel of venous blood in a…
- Expressed sequence tag (EST) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- NLD Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Rad Radiation absorbed dose, a measure for a dose of ionizing radiation
- Aer-, aero- Prefix indicating a problem due to air or gas, such as aerogastria (excess stomach gas.
- Genetics, forensic See: Forensic genetics
- Differentiation therapy Differentiation therapy: An approach to the treatment of advanced or aggressive malignancies in which the…
- Bony tarsus The bony tarsus is made up of 7 bones that are situated between the bones of the lower leg and the metatarsus…
- Radical prostatectomy A surgery procedure that removes the entire prostate gland plus some surrounding tissue. During the procedure…