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- ENT 1. Abbreviation for ears, nose and throat. A field of medicine also called otolaryngology. 2. Abbreviation…
- Pound A measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams. The word 'pound' goes back to the Latin…
- Sleep disorders Sleep disorders: Any disorder that affects, disrupts, or involves sleep. The most common sleep disorder is…
- Sugar Busters diet The Sugar Busters diet is a weight loss plan based upon restriction of sugar intake. The diet is based upon…
- Livid Black and blue.
- Heterotopic In the wrong place, in an abnormal place, misplaced. From the Greek roots 'hetero-' meaning 'other' + 'topos'…
- Annals of Internal Medicine : A medical journal especially concerned with information in the field of internal medicine (adult medicine)…
- Contiguous gene syndrome A disorder due to deletion of multiple gene loci that are adjacent to one another. Contiguous gene syndromes…
- Infectivity The proportion of persons exposed to an infectious agent who become infected by it
- Amer College of Ob and Gyn (ACOG) Gynecologists (ACOG): The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is an organization concerned…
- Hemidiaphragm Half of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen and that serves as the…