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Show more- DT immunization DT (diphtheria and tetanus) vaccine does not protect from pertussis and is usually reserved for individuals…
- Sleeplessness Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
- Ablation Removal or excision. Ablation is usually carried out surgically. For example, surgical removal of the thyroid…
- Laparoscope An instrument through which structures within the abdomen and pelvis can be seen. A small surgical incision…
- Saline Relating to salt. As an adjective, 'saline' means 'salty, containing salt.' As a noun 'saline' is a salt…
- Excisional biopsy A biopsy in which an entire biopsy in which an entire lesion, is removed. A excisional biopsy is in contrast…
- Mitochondrial cytopathy, Kearns-Sayre type See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Amnesia, retrograde See: Retrograde amnesia
- Neuralgia, migrainous A distinctive syndrome of headaches, today better known as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act T: See: HIPAA
- Prostate gland A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the…
- MRC 1. In the US, the Medical Reserve Corps. 2. In the UK and some Commonwealth countries, the Medical Research…