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Centrencephalic seizure
See: Grand mal
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- Bipolar I disorder Bipolar disorder in someone who has experienced depression and at least one episode of severe mania. Severe…
- Histo Popular name for the fungus histoplasma. Also medical school slang for histology
- Rate, maternal mortality The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Hypertensive Having abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension). See also: Hypotensive; Normotensive
- Cardiac Having to do with the heart
- Gland, tarsal See: Meibomian gland
- Hip, developmental dislocation of the (DDH) The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…
- Neurooncologist A physician trained to diagnose and treat patients with brain tumors and other types of tumors of the nervous…
- Lipectomy, suction-assisted Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Genome, yeast See: Yeast genome
- Meconium ileus Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally…