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Show more- Spin doctor Not a physician who is expert on dizzying conditions but someone who puts a spin on the news to manipulate…
- FMDV Foot-and-mouth disease virus. See: Foot-and-mouth disease
- Immunologist A person who is knowledgeable about immunology.
- Skute barbata See: Scutellaria barbata
- Incubation period In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Speculum, vaginal An instrument used to widen the opening of the vagina so that the cervix is more easily visible. 'Speculum'…
- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
- Sterilization, female surgical Female surgical sterilization blocks (or removes part or all of) the fallopian tubes so the egg cannot travel…
- Adrenaline A substance produced by the medulla (inside) of the adrenal gland, adrenaline (the official name in the…
- Microvascular Pertaining to the microvasculature, the portion of the vasculature of the body consisting of the smaller…
- CDHR Center for Devices & Radiological Health, part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Ileal pouch A surgically created chamber made up of a portion of the lower part of the ileum, the last (lowest) part of…