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An educational counseling process for individuals and families who have a genetic disease or who are at risk for such a disease. Genetic counseling is designed to provide patients and their families with information about their condition…
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- Mouth, dry See: Dry mouth
- Hormone,T4 Thyroxine
- OBS 1. Organic brain syndrome.2. Obstetricians, in the plural
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- Telangiectasia, hereditary hemorrhagic See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- MCAT The Medical College Admissions Test, a test that is required of all applicants to medical school in the U.S…
- Incompetent cervix A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to keep the fetus up in the uterus and…
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- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Global Initiativ See: GOLD