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Neurology
The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system -- the brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves. Thumbnail history of neurology -- The first scientific studies of nerve function were done…
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Show more- Miticide An agent, usually a chemical, that kills mites. This class of pesticides is large and includes antibiotic…
- Craniopagus Conjoined twins whose heads are fused together. From cranio-, relating to the cranium + the Greek pagos…
- Bladder, overactive Bladder, overactive: A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary…
- Gallbladder A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the…
- Cholecyst The gallbladder. The word cholecyst is not much used today but it figures into a number of other terms to do…
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis A rare, cancer-like disorder in which both histiocytes and lymphocytes start to proliferate and attack body…
- Emetic Something that causes emesis, that makes you want to vomit. For example, ipecac is an emetic. From the Greek…
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…
- Langerhans, islets of Best known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of…
- Fibrin The protein formed during normal blood clotting that is the essence of the clot.
- Traction, orthopedic The use of a system of weights and pulleys to gradually change the position of a bone. It may be used in…
- Negative clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is inferior to standard treatment. See: Clinical trials. See…