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Seizure, tonic-clonic
See: Tonic-clonic seizure
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- Maintenance therapy Treatment designed to help the original primary treatment succeed. Maintenance chemotherapy may be given to…
- Prostatectomy The surgical removal of the prostate gland. NTER>
- Bos taurus genome See: Bovine genome
- Nursing 1) Profession concerned with the provision of services essential to the maintenance and restoration of health…
- Anti-CCP See: Citrulline antibody
- Nitrogen, liquid See: Liquid nitrogen
- Myelination The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelinization
- Fibril The diminutive of fiber. A small fiber, a fine thread
- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Snowmobile safety Snowmobiles pose a significant risk to children, adolescents and young adults. Head injuries are the leading…
- JAK3 inhibitor A drug that inhibits the enzyme JAK3 (which is found only in immune cells) and acts as an immunosuppressant