Medicine

Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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abductor

Medical; Medicine

muscle which draws the limbs away from the center of the body.

BIOBURDEN

Medical; Medicine

The population of viable microorganisms on a product and/or package.

bioburden

Medical; Medicine

The population of viable microorganisms on a product and/or package.

diafiltration

Medical; Medicine

Diafiltration is a unit operation that incorporates ultrafiltration membranes to remove salts or other microsolutes from a solution. Small molecules are separated from a solution while retaining ...

APC, or atrial premature complex (or beat) is a beat that arise in the atria of the heart from outside the normal mechanism of heartbeats. It's very common and doesn't portend any bad prognosis. It ...

barium x rays

Medical; Medicine

A type of diagnostic x ray in which barium is used to diagnose abnormalities of the digestive tract. Barium enema, barium small bowel enema, and barium swallow are types of barium x rays.