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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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carbapenem
Medical; Medicine
Member of a class of antibiotic drugs that works by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.
lumbar myelogram
Medical; Medicine
Most common study for herniated nucleus pulposus or intervertebral disc protrusion.
basophilic leukocytosis
Medical; Medicine
The presence of an abnormally large number of basophilic granulocytes in the blood.
basocytosis
Medical; Medicine
The presence of an abnormally large number of basophilic granulocytes in the blood.
Enterobacter sakazakii
Medical; Medicine
A bacterial species especially associated with nursery-acquired neonatal meningitis.
Propionibacterium jensenii
Medical; Medicine
A bacterial species found in dairy products, silage, and occasionally in infections.
needle bath
Medical; Medicine
A bath in which water is projected forcibly against the body in many very fine jets.
