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Anticonvulsant

Health care; Hospitals

A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures.

High-frequency sound waves. Ultrasound waves can be bounced off of tissues using special devices. The echoes are then converted into a picture called a sonogram. Ultrasound imaging, referred to as ...

Antigen

Health care; Hospitals

A chemical recognised by the body's immune system as being foreign and against which it will form antibodies.

Trait

Health care; Hospitals

In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic such as eye and hair color.

Anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication)

Health care; Hospitals

A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux (acid coming back up from the stomach) when the lower esophageal sphincter does not work normally and there is gastro-esophageal ...

Risk of recurrence

Health care; Hospitals

In medical genetics, the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in a family will recur in the family. In general medicine, it means the chance that an illness may come back again to an ...