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Good Samaritan law
A law designed to protect a Good Samaritan from legal liability. Such laws usually specify that whoever in good faith provides emergency (and sometimes non-emergency) medical services shall not be civilly liable unless their acts…
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- Dermatoglyphic Pertaining to dermatoglyphics -- the study of dermal ridges on the fingers, palms, toes, and soles
- Randomization A method based on chance alone by which study participants are assigned to a treatment group. Randomization…
- Aphasia, acquired epileptiform See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Granny-cam See: Granny cam
- Hybridoma A cell hybrid resulting from the fusion of a cancer cell and a normal lymphocyte (a type of white blood…
- Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis See: Diffuse mastocytosis
- Disease, bipolar See: Bipolar disorder
- Heat stroke Heat stroke: A core body temperature that rises above 104°F (40°C) accompanied by hot, dry skin and central…
- Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale See: Fabry disease
- Dowager's hump An abnormal outward curvature of the vertebrae of upper back. Compression of the front (anterior) portion of…
- Syndrome, Launois-Bensaude A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…