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  • 31therapeutics — /ther euh pyooh tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of medicine concerned with the remedial treatment of disease. [1665 75; see THERAPEUTIC, ICS] * * * Treatment and care to combat disease or alleviate pain or injury. Its tools include… …

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  • 32digestive system, human — Introduction  the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …

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  • 33syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 34discourse — n Discourse, treatise, disquisition, dissertation, thesis, monograph designate in common a systematic, serious, and often learned consideration of a subject or topic. Discourse, the widest of these terms, may refer to something written or spoken… …

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  • 35expand — expand, amplify, swell, distend, inflate, dilate mean to increase or to cause to increase in size, bulk, or volume. Expand is the most inclusive term in this group and may often be used interchangeably with any of the others. It distinctively… …

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  • 36expand — verb Etymology: Middle English expaunden, from Latin expandere, from ex + pandere to spread more at fathom Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to open up ; unfold 2. to increase the extent, number, volume, or scope of ; enlarge …

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  • 37Breech birth — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 1631 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 002060 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3272 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|868 MeshID = A breech birth (also known as breech… …

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  • 38Horner's syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Left sided Horner s syndrome DiseasesDB = 6014 ICD10 = ICD10|G|90|2|g|90 ICD9 = ICD9|337.9 ICDO = OMIM = 143000 MedlinePlus = 000708 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1029 eMedicine mult =… …

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  • 39Sialoendoscopy — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Sialoendoscopy Sialoendoscopy Sialoendoscopy is a minimally invasive technique that allows for salivary gland surgery in a safe and effective way. Simply described, a small camera is placed into the salivary glands… …

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  • 40Imagerie par résonance magnétique — Pour les articles homonymes, voir IRM et MRI. L imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) est une technique d imagerie médicale permettant d obtenir des vues 2D ou 3D de l intérieur du corps de façon non invasive avec une résolution relativement… …

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