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Parentectomy
A slang term meaning removal of a parent (or both parents) from the child. It is of relevance to the hospitalization of children. Dr. M. Murray Peshkin (1892-1990), the medical director of the Children's Asthma Research Institute and…
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- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Radiomimetic Imitating radiation. A radiomimetic drug is one that imitates the effects of radiation as in the case of…
- DKK1 A gene that inhibits the activity of osteoblasts, the cells that build bone. DKK1 acts by inhibiting Wnt…
- Low-grade lymphoma A lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, in contrast to an intermediate- or high-grade lymphoma which…
- Tracheoesophageal puncture A small opening made by a surgeon between the esophagus and the trachea. A valve keeps food out of the…
- Cancer, male breast See: Breast cancer, male
- Amini, Fariborz Iranian-born American psychiatrist (1930-2004), at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), known…
- Leucemia A different spelling of leukemia, cancer of the blood cells. The growth and development of the blood cells…
- Olive In neuroanatomy, a rounded oval prominence on the surface of the medulla oblongata in the brain. There are…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Gigantism, pituitary Excessive growth and height due to chronic overactivity of the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain)…