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HAART
Stands for highly active antiretroviral therapy. Treatment with a very potent drug “cocktail” to suppress the growth of HIV, the retrovirus responsible for AIDS.
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H and P
Medical shorthand for history and physical, the initial clinical evaluation and examination of the patient.
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H and H
H and H, sometimes written as “H&H”, is a popular shorthand for hemoglobin and hematocrit, two very common and important blood tests. Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein pigment in the blood, specifically in the red blood cells. In the test for hemoglobin (Hb), it is usually measured as total hemoglobin expressed as the amount of hemoglobin in grams (gm) per…
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Gynephobia
An abnormal, irrational and persistent fear of women. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they face no threat. “Gynephobia” is derived from the Greek “gyne” (woman) and “phobos” (fear). Alternate spelling: “gynaephobia.” The prefix “gyne-” (or gyn-, gyno-, gynec-, gyneco-, gynaec-, or gynaeco-) enters into a number of biomedical terms such as, for examples,…
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Gynecomastia
Excessive development of the male breasts. Temporary enlargement of the breasts is not unusual or abnormal in boys during adolescence or during recovery from malnutrition. Gynecomastia may be abnormal as, for example, in Klinefelter’s syndrome.
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Gynecologist
A physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs and providing well-woman health care that focuses primarily on the reproductive organs.
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Gynecoid pelvis
The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore its shape. Gynecoid means like a woman, womanly, female. The gynecoid pelvis is more delicate, wider than, and not as high as the male pelvis. The angle of the female pubic arch is wide and round. The female sacrum is wider than the male’s…
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Gyne-
Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman.
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Gymnophobia
An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they realize their fear is irrational. They may worry about seeing others naked or being seen naked, or both. Their fear may stem from anxiety about sexuality in general, from a fear that their bodies are physically inferior, or from a…
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Guthrie test
A simple screening blood test for phenylketonuria (PKU). The Guthrie test was the original impetus to newborn metabolic screening. In 1958-59 Dr. Robert Guthrie (1916-95) was asked if he might to develop a simple method to monitor the blood phenylalanine (phe) level. He developed a test in 3 days. It was a “bacterial inhibition assay.” A spot of blood on a…
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