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Randomization
A method based on chance alone by which study participants are assigned to a treatment group. Randomization minimizes the differences among groups by equally distributing people with particular characteristics among all the trial arms. The…
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- Ulocarcinoma Cancer of the gums. It is often associated with the use of smokeless (chewing) tobacco. Diagnosis is by…
- Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia: Passage of a loop of bowel through the diaphragm muscle. This type of hernia occurs as the bowel from…
- Retinopathy, diabetic See: Diabetic retinopathy
- Adenoids and Tonsils Adenoids and Tonsils: These celebrated structures (adenoids and tonsils) in the back of the throat are…
- PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending…
- MAM Menstrually associated migraine. See: Menstrual migraine
- Antonomasia 1. The substitution of a title for a proper name, as in addressing a physician as 'Doctor' or a nurse as…
- Fear of birds An abnormal and persistent fear of birds. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about encountering…
- Emphysema Emphysema: 1) A lung condition featuring an abnormal accumulation of air in the lung's many tiny air sacs, a…
- Ganglia, basal A region located at the base of the brain composed of 4 clusters of neurons, or nerve cells. This area of the…
- Random numbers Numbers generated in an unpredictable haphazard sequence; numbers generated by chance alone