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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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Campylobacter coli
Medical; Medicine
A thermophilic bacterial species that causes first watery, then inflammatory, diarrheal disease in humans and in piglets.
balsam of Peru
Medical; Medicine
A thick, dark brown liquid balsam obtained from Toluifera pereirae (family Leguminosae), 60% of which is the oily cinnamein; used as a healing application to wounds.
suspensory ligament of eyeball
Medical; Medicine
A thickening of the inferior part of the bulbar sheath that supports the eye within the orbit; it extends between the lateral and medial orbital margins and includes the medial ...
orthodontic band
Medical; Medicine
A thin strip of metal or plastic closely adapted to the crown of a tooth to which wires may be attached for tooth movement.
absorbable gelatin film
Medical; Medicine
A thin, sterile, nonantigenic, absorbable, water-insoluble, thin sheet of gelatin prepared by drying a gelatin-formaldehyde solution on plates; used in the closure and repair of ...
Haemaphysalis cinnabarina
Medical; Medicine
A tick that occurs chiefly in the dry region of British Columbia in western Canada; this species can cause tick paralysis in both humans and animals.
epibatidine
Medical; Medicine
A toxic alkaloid extracted from the skin of a South American frog, Epipedobates tricolor. Apparently derived from particular insects consumed in the Amazon basin. The crude ...
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