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Inkblot test
A test used in clinical psychology and psychiatry involving inkblots. The inkblots are used to determine what a person perceives (reads into) in the enigmatic and highly ambiguous shapes. Ten standardized blots are shown one at a time to a…
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Show more- Hemodialysis Hemodialysis: A medical procedure that uses a special machine (a dialysis machine) to filter waste products…
- Phlebotomist A person who draws blood.
- Direct-entry midwife A midwife who has entered the profession of midwifery as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than…
- Phenol 1. A poisonous corrosive compound obtained by the distillation of coal tar that, in dilute solution, is an…
- Microscopy, cryo-electron See: Cryo-electron microscopy
- Syndrome, Barlow Barlow syndrome is mitral valve prolapse (also known as 'click murmur syndrome'), the most common heart valve…
- Placenta percreta A placenta that invades the uterine wall. In placenta percreta, the vascular processes of the chorion (the…
- Martinus W. Beijerinck See: Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Meniscus, medial knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The medial meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Muscle, supraspinatus >The supraspinatus muscle; >The subscapularis muscle, which moves the arm by turning it inward (internal…
- Hemihypertrophy Asymmetric overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the skull, face, trunk, limbs, and/or digits, with or without visceral…