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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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lumbar puncture (LP)
Medical; Medicine
A puncture into the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region to obtain spinal fluid for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
tetragon lumbale
Medical; Medicine
A quadrangular space bounded laterally by the obliquus externus abdominis muscle, medially by the erector spinae, above by the serratus posterior inferior, and below by the ...
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
Medical; Medicine
A rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by the measles virus. Characterized by a history of primary measles infection ...
Bombay phenomenon
Medical; Medicine
A rare recessive trait at a locus that ordinarily manufactures H substance, the precursor from which the A and B phenotypes are elaborated; the mutant causes failure to produce H ...
carbamoyl phosphate
Medical; Medicine
A reactive intermediate capable of transferring its carbamoyl group to an acceptor molecule, forming citrulline from ornithine in the urea cycle and ureidosuccinate from aspartate ...
corticobasal degeneration
Medical; Medicine
A rare, progressive disease (considered by some a variant of Parkinson disease) involving both cerebral cortex and extrapyramidal structures; clinically manifest as disturbances ...
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