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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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xemilofiban
Medical; Medicine
An antiplatelet agent that blocks the binding of fibrinogen to specific membrane GPIIb/IIIa integrin receptors and thus prevents platelet aggregation induced by any known platelet ...
Bayesian hypothesis
Medical; Medicine
An array of surmised values of a parameter to be severally explored in the light of a current set of data, with logical symmetry being preserved among all. The merits of each ...
bathoflore
Medical; Medicine
An atom or group of atoms that, by its presence in a molecule, shifts the latter's fluorescent radiation in the direction of longer wavelength, or reduces the fluorescence.
bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Medical; Medicine
An attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis used in the preparation of BCG vaccine that is used for immunization against tuberculosis and in cancer chemotherapy.
endemic nonbacterial infantile gastroenteritis
Medical; Medicine
An endemic viral gastroenteritis of young children (6 months–12 years) that is especially widespread during winter, caused by strains of rotavirus (family Reoviridae); the ...
Arcobacter
Medical; Medicine
A genus of bacteria in the family Campylobacteraceae that are gram-negative, aerotolerant, and able to grow at 15°C.The type strain is Arcobacter butzleri.
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