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Physical therapy
A branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities. Physical therapists work with many types of patients, from infants born with…
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- Anti- Prefix generally meaning 'against, opposite or opposing, and contrary.' In medicine, anti- often connotes…
- Acaricide An agent, usually a chemical, that kills mites. This class of pesticides is large and includes antibiotic…
- Vaccination, anthrax A series of six shots over six months and booster shots annually, the anthrax vaccine now in use in the USA…
- Morton disease See: Morton's neuroma
- Association 1. In dysmorphology (the study of birth defects), the nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of a…
- Cells, reproductive The eggs and sperm are the reproductive cells. Each mature reproductive cell is haploid in that it has a…
- IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. A remarkable example of a global not-for-profit organization working…
- Foot-drop brace See Ankle-foot orthosis
- Transvaginal ultrasound A technique in which sound waves are sent out by an ultrasound probe that has been inserted in the vagina…
- Pancreozymin See: Cholecystokinin
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy One of a number of progressive neurodegenerative disorders in animals and humans caused by similar…