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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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Ginkgo biloba
Medical; Medicine
A tall ornamental deciduous tree of the family Ginkgoaceae with distinctive bilobed fan-shaped leaves. Female trees bear edible seeds surrounded by a fleshy covering that when ...
maidenhair tree
Medical; Medicine
A tall ornamental deciduous tree of the family Ginkgoaceae with distinctive bilobed fan-shaped leaves. Female trees bear edible seeds surrounded by a fleshy covering that when ...
Bankart lesion
Medical; Medicine
A tear of the anterior glenoid labrum accompanying detachment of the inferior glenohumeral ligament from the glenoid margin.
transcription-based chain reaction
Medical; Medicine
A technique for target amplification of DNA or RNA in which reverse transcriptase is used to produce a single-stranded DNA molecule for each DNA or RNA target; this molecule is ...
batch culture
Medical; Medicine
A technique for large-scale production of microbes or microbial products in which, at a given time, the fermenter is stopped and the culture is worked up.
balanced anesthesia
Medical; Medicine
A technique of general anesthesia based on the concept that administration of a mixture of small amounts of several neuronal depressants (narcotics and inhalational agents) ...
ballpoint pen technique
Medical; Medicine
A technique to measure the induration of intradermal tuberculin tests; a ballpoint pen is used to draw two opposing lines on the skin beginning 1–2 cm away from the dermal ...
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