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Use for: Objectors, Conscientious

Use for: Hepatology

• A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

• A pulmonary ventilation rate faster than is metabolically necessary for the exchange of gases. It is the result of an increased frequency of breathing, an increased tidal volume, or a combination of both. It causes an excess intake of oxygen and the blowing off of carbon dioxide.

Use for: Dental Internship, Dental Internships, Internships, dental, Internship, dental, Dental Residencies, Dental Residency, House Staff, Internship, Internship, Medical, Medical Residencies, Medical Residency, Residencies, Dental, Residencies, Medical, Residency, Residency and internship, Residency, Dental, Residency, Medical

• Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.

Use for: No-Fault Insurance

• Insurance against loss resulting from liability for injury or damage to the persons or property of others.

Use for: Negligence, Negligence, Professional

• Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Use for: Cardiovascular Stroke, Heart attack, Myocardial Infarct

• NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).

Use for: Medical Assistance, Title 19, Dental Medicaid Program, Dental Medicaid Programs, Medicaid Program, Dental, Medicaid Programs, Dental

• Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.

Use for: Medical Education

• Use for general articles concerning medical education.

Use for: Spasmophilia, Tetanilla, Tetany, Neonatal

• Scope Note A disorder characterized by muscle twitches, cramps, and carpopedal spasm, and when severe, laryngospasm and seizures. This condition is associated with unstable depolarization of axonal membranes, primarily in the peripheral nervous system. Tetany usually results from HYPOCALCEMIA or reduced serum levels of MAGNESIUM that may be associated with HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; RICKETS; UREMIA; or other conditions. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1490)
• Annotation do not confuse with TETANUS, a Clostridium tetani infection; tetanic spasm of muscle = SPASM; tetanic contraction = MUSCLE CONTRACTION; coordinate with cause if given

Use for: Cold

• An absence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably below an accustomed norm.

• Scope Note: The study of the development of an organism during the embryonic and fetal stages of life.
• Annotation the discipline (education, history, etc) only; the qualifier/ embryol is available for use with specific anatomical terms, organisms, or diseases