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A backward flowing, as the casting up of undigested food, or the backward flowing of blood into the heart, or between the chambers of the heart when a valve is incompetent. The process of flowing back in the opposite direction to the usual flow, especially of bringing up partly digested food from the stomach into…

A treatment plan that specifies the dosage, the schedule, and the duration of treatment. A regulated scheme of diet, medication, exercise, or other activity designed to achieve certain ends. A fixed course of treatment, e.g. a course of drugs or a special diet. A prescribed systematic form of treatment, such as a diet, course of…

A test to determine the best eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct a refractive error (myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism). The process of determining and then counteracting the optical errors in the eye with eye glasses. A change of direction of light rays as they enter a medium such as the eye. The measurement of the…

The term used when liquid backs up into the esophagus from the stomach. A situation where a fluid flows in the opposite direction to its usual flow. Abnormal backflow, as sometimes occurs with fluids in the esophagus (gastro-esophageal reflux) or other body parts. A backflow of liquid, against its normal direction of movement. Fluid flowing…

To send or direct for treatment, aid, information, de decision. To mention or to talk about something. To suggest that someone should consult something. To pass on information about a patient to someone else. To send someone to another doctor, usually a specialist, for advice or treatment.  

Enzyme converting testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. An enzyme that accelerates the reduction process of chemical compounds.  

Cells that carry oxygen to all parts of the body. Also called erythrocytes. Erythrocyte; blood cells responsible for oxygen transport. The cells that transport oxygen contain hemoglobin. Most of the hematocrits. A blood cell which contains haemoglobin and carries oxygen to the tissues and takes carbon dioxide from them. Blood cell that helps bring oxygen…

The last 8 to 10 inches of the large intestine. The lower part of the large intestine terminating at the anus. The end part of the large intestine leading from the sigmoid colon to the anus. Last portion of the large intestine, about 5 inches (12-13 centimeters) long, connecting the sigmoid colon and the anus.…

The formation of new combinations of genes as a result of segregation in crosses between genetically different parents; also the rearrangement of linked genes due to crossing-over. The joining of genes, sets of genes, or parts of genes, into new combinations, either biologically or through laboratory manipulation (e.g., genetic engineering). The formation of new gene…

A cell or an individual with a new combination of genes not found together in either parent; usually applied to linked genes. In genetics and molecular biology, pert, to genetic material combined from different sources. Segments of DNA from one organism artificially manipulated or inserted into the DNA of another organism, using a technique known…