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Medical school, first American
See: First American medical school
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- HUS Hemolytic uremic syndrome
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- Pneumothorax Pneumothorax: Free air in the chest outside the lung. Pneumothorax can occur spontaneously ('out of the…
- Fever, Philippine hemorrhagic A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- PEEP Peeping tom (voyeurism) is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and…
- Ileoscopy Use of a flexible instrument (a 'scope') to examine the ileum which is the lowest part of the small…
- Scan, spiral CAT A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. Can cause nausea and vomiting and/or…