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Computed tomography colography
See: Virtual colonoscopy
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- Mutation, nonsense A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Oscitation The act of yawning, the involuntary opening of the mouth with respiration, breathing first inward, then…
- Developmental dislocation of the hip (DDH) The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…
- Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino type See: Achondrogenesis type II
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- R (symbol) This much-used symbol has many meanings in medicine. They include: > >Respiration: a nurse's note of 'R20' is…
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