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A Bot that tweets medical definitions from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
Joined April 2016
cence induced in the affected areas by ultraviolet radiation
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a wavelength above 365 nanometers and which is used especially to detect various skin conditions (as some fungus infections) by the fluores
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WOOD'S LAMP: a lamp for producing ultraviolet radiation in which a filter made of nickel-containing glass is used to block all light having
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Definition of DECOMPOSE : to break up into constituent parts by or as if by a chemical process : decay, rot <fruit decomposes>
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Definition of CHILD : pregnant Francis James 1825–1896 Am. ballad editor Julia (Carolyn) 1912–2004 née McWilliams Am. chef
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metallic salt) and that involves local inflammation and sclerosis with calcium deposition
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CALCIPHYLAXIS: an adaptive response that follows systemic sensitization by a calcifying factor (as a vitamin D) and a challenge (as with a
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s through managed programs in which the physician accepts constraints on the amount charged for medical care and the patient is limited in t
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restricting the patient's choice of physicians: a system of providing health care (as by an HMO or a PPO) that is designed to control cost
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Definition of MANAGED CARE : a system of health care (as by an HMO or PPO) that controls costs by placing limits on physicians' fees and by
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VICIANOSE: a crystalline disaccharide sugar C11H20O10 that yields arabinose and glucose on hydrolysis
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CARUM: a large genus of biennial aromatic herbs (family Umbelliferae) that have white or yellow flowers in compound umbels and include cara
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Definition of -ONE : at harmony : in a state of agreement : as one example <I for one disagree> : ketone or related or analogous compoun
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SAUCERIZE: to form a shallow depression by excavation of tissue to promote granulation and healing of (a wound)
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MALACOPLAKIA: inflammation of the mucous membrane of a hollow organ (as the urinary bladder) characterized by the formation of soft granulo
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