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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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streptococcus pyogenes

Medical; Medicine

A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic streptococcus that can ...

truncal vagotomy

Medical; Medicine

Bilateral dissection of the abdominal branches of the vagus nerve. It is used frequently in the surgical management of duodenal and gastric ulcers, as well as in physiologic studies of ...

Baseline Study

Health care; Medicine

The Baseline Study is a Google X project that aims to collect anonymous genetic and molecular information from thousands of people to create the fullest picture of what a healthy human being should ...

bioaffinity chromatography

Medical; Medicine

A chromatographic technique that utilizes the ability of biological molecules to bind to certain ligands specifically and reversibly. It is used in protein biochemistry.

painkiller

Medical; Medicine

Pain killer is a drug or medicine which is used for the treatment of pain and relieves pain.

shigella sonnei

Medical; Medicine

A lactose-fermenting bacterium causing dysentery.

analysis task performance

Medical; Medicine

The detailed examination of observable activity or behavior associated with the execution or completion of a required function or unit of work.

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