(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.Athetosis
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.
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(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes
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A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.Without fingers or without toes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) wit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: variety, chorea, marked, peculiar, tremors.Explore Academic Dictionary
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