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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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biofeedback
Medical; Medicine
A training technique that enables a patient to gain some element of voluntary control over autonomic body functions; based on the principle that a desired response is learned when ...
posterior attachment of linea alba
Medical; Medicine
A triangular fibrous expansion, sometimes containing a few muscular fibers, passing from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
adminiculum lineae albae
Medical; Medicine
A triangular fibrous expansion, sometimes containing a few muscular fibers, passing from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba.
basic fuchsin
Medical; Medicine
A triphenylmethane dye the dominant component of which is pararosanilin; an important stain in histology, histochemistry, and bacteriology.
diamond fuchsin
Medical; Medicine
A triphenylmethane dye the dominant component of which is pararosanilin; an important stain in histology, histochemistry, and bacteriology.
Babcock tube
Medical; Medicine
A tube in which milk, after treatment with sulfuric acid, is centrifuged and its fat content then determined in a graduated neck.
barium enema (BE)
Medical; Medicine
A type of contrast enema; administration of barium sulfate suspension, a radiopaque medium, for radiographic and fluoroscopic study of the lower intestinal tract.
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