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Good Samaritan
Someone who voluntarily helps someone else who is in distress. The term 'Good Samaritan' comes from the parable of the Good Samaritan related in the Book of Luke in the New Testament of the Bible. The parable tells of a Samaritan (a…
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Show more- Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy: An abnormality of motor function (the ability to move and control movements) that is acquired…
- Floppy baby syndrome A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- Cubital tunnel syndrome A form of mononeuropathy due to compression or other injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Symptoms of the…
- Basophil A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse bluish-black granules of uniform size within the cytoplasm…
- Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer next to infiltrating…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Caesarian section Also referred to as a C-section. A procedure in which a baby, rather than being born vaginally, is surgically…
- Antibody, antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…
- Pheromone An agent secreted by an individual that produces a change in the sexual or social behavior of another…
- Patent (adjective) Open, unobstructed, affording free passage. Thus, for example, the bowel may be patent (as opposed to…
- Control (research) In research, control subjects or control procedures permit comparison with experimental results. The first…
- British National Formulary Osteogenesis imperfecta, not one but a group of genetic diseases, all of which affect collagen, a key…