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Specificity of exercise
The design of exercises to stress muscles in a manner similar to the way in which they are to perform. This technique helps the muscle to meet specific demands, including speed and type of contraction, strength and endurance requirements, stabilization, and mobility activities.
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Diagnostic specificity
For a diagnostic or screening test, the proportion of people who are truly free of a specific disease and are so identified by the test.
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Antigenic specificity
The property of mature B and T lymphocytes that enables them to respond to specific foreign antigens entering the body. Antigen specificity requires mature B and T cells that have been previously exposed to the antigen and, therefore, are able to recognize it again and respond by neutralizing or destroying it. The exact process by…
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Species type
The original species that served as the basis for identifying a new genus or subgenus.
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Species jump
The transfer of a pathogen, especially one considered species-specific, to a new host species, e.g., Hantavirus from mice to humans.
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Specialty hospital
A hospital that provides a limited range of services (e.g., orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, or obstetrics). A hospital that specializes in treating one age group or one type of disorder.
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Specialization
The limitation of one’s practice to a particular branch of medicine, surgery, dentistry, or nursing. This is customarily done after having received postgraduate training in the area of specialization.
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Spear tackler’s spine
Injury to the cervical spine resulting from players using their heads as a primary point of impact with their opponents’ bodies in contact sports such as football or soccer. This condition is considered an absolute contraindication to participation in contact sports in which high-energy axial loads may be applied to the cervical spine because it…
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Nasal spatula
A device for holding mucous flaps in place or to guard against burning from cautery.
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Cervical spatula
A blade, often made of wood or plastic, with an indented tip adapted to ensure sampling during a Papanicolaou test of the squamous cells of the endocervix of the uterus.
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