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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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silastic band

Medical; Medicine

A small silastic ring placed around each uterine tube to achieve permanent sterilization.

green tobacco sickness

Medical; Medicine

An illness of tobacco harvest workers characterized by headache, dizziness, and vomiting.

Greville bath

Medical; Medicine

An obsolete treatment with nonluminous electric hot air given at a very high temperature.

congenital lobar emphysema

Medical; Medicine

Common cause of neonatal respiratory distress which usually involves the left upper lobe.

Barkan operation

Medical; Medicine

Goniotomy for congenital glaucoma under direct observation of the anterior chamber angle.

bamboo spine

Medical; Medicine

In radiology, the appearance of the thoracic or lumbar spine with ankylosing spondylitis.

lumbar

Medical; Medicine

Relating to the loins, or the part of the back and sides between the ribs and the pelvis.

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