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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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symballophone
Medical; Medicine
A stethoscope having two chest pieces, designed to lateralize sound and produce a stereophonic effect.
adenocarcinoma in Barrett esophagus
Medical; Medicine
An adenocarcinoma arising in the esophagus that has become lined with columnar cells (Barrett mucosa).
bacterial hemolysin
Medical; Medicine
Any hemolytic agent elaborated by various species of bacteria, or by certain strains within a species.
band of Kaes-Bechterew
Medical; Medicine
Band of horizontal myelinated fibers in the most superficial part of the third layer of the isocortex.
bathochromic
Medical; Medicine
Denoting the shift of an absorption spectrum maximum to a longer wavelength. Opposite of hypsochromic.
incest barrier
Medical; Medicine
In psychoanalysis, the learning or internalization of parental and social prohibitions against incest.
Jobert de Lamballe fossa
Medical; Medicine
The hollow or furrow just above the knee formed by the adductor magnus and the sartorius and gracilis.
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