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Any radiological technique that relies on the detection of gamma particle-emitting radionuclides. Examples of gamma scans are bone scans, gallium scans, and positron emission tomography scans.  

A small nerve originating in the anterior horns of the spinal cord that transmits impulses through type A gamma fibers to intrafusal fibers of the muscle spindle for muscle control.  

Radiosurgery that can destroy an intracranial target by directing gamma radiation at the lesion, while attempting to spare adjacent healthy tissue. The gamma knife consists of 201 cylindrical gamma ray (cobalt 60) beams designed to intersect at the target lesion, resulting in about 200 times the dose of any single beam aimed at the periphery.…

A central nervous system depressant used in some countries as an anesthetic agent. It has no approved use in the U.S., where it is sometimes abused as an illicit drug. Its street names include grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, and organic quaalude.  

A tissue enzyme whose level is elevated in patients with many conditions involving hepatic damage, including that induced by alcohol; in patients with renal disease, pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, or carcinoma of the prostate; and in individuals taking phenytoin and barbiturates.  

An inability to pronounce “g” and “k” sounds correctly.  

Sexual, especially as applied to eggs that develop only after fertilization in contrast to those that develop without fertilization.  

The phase in the life cycle of the malarial parasite (Plasmodium) in which male and female gametocytes, which infect the mosquito, are formed.  

Introduction of needles to complete a galvanic current.