Category: N
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Non-secretor
A person who does not secrete substances indicating ABO blood group into mucous fluids such as semen or saliva.
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Non-paralytic poliomyelitis
A form of poliomyelitis similar to abortive poliomyelitis but which also affects the muscles to some degree.
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Non-palpable
Not able to be felt when touched.
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Non-official drug
A drug that is not listed in the national pharmacopoiea.
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Non-nucleated
Referring to a cell with no nucleus.
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Non-medical
Not relating to medicine. Not according to medical practice, or not as directed by a doctor. Not used in specialised medical speech.
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Non-malignant
Not cancerous, or not life-threatening.
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Non-maleficence
The concept that professionals in the health service have a duty to protect the patient from harm.
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Non-invasive
Referring to treatment which does not involve entering the body by making an incision.
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Non-hodgkins lymphoma
A cancer of the lymph nodes which differs from Hodgkin’s disease by the absence of a particular type of cell with double nuclei. The cancers that develop in lymphatic tissue that are not Hodgkin disease. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for about 5 percent of all cases of cancer in the United States. Symptoms usually include painless…