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11universal antidote — uni·ver·sal antidote .yü ni .vər səl n an antidote for ingested poisons having activated charcoal as its principal ingredient …
12universal alopecia — alopecia universalis loss of hair over the entire body, resulting from progression of alopecia areata …
13universal appliance — an orthodontic appliance that combines the edgewise and ribbon arch techniques, affording precise control of individual teeth in all planes of space; it consists of bands or brackets or both for all the teeth in both arches …
14universal goniometer — a goniometer consisting of a metal or plastic protractor in a full circle or half circle with two indicating arms that are several inches to a foot (10 to 30 cm) in length; the arms are held in place by a tight pivot at the center of the circle… …
15universal hypertrichosis — hypertrichosis universalis the congenital form of hypertrichosis lanuginosa; called also generalized h …
16universal infantilism — short stature with undeveloped secondary sex characters, as in some types of pituitary dwarfism …
17universal pacemaker — a term sometimes used to describe a DDD pacemaker, emphasizing that because it can be programmed to operate in one of numerous possible pacemaker modes under specific circumstances, it can be made to most closely approximate normal… …
18universal vitiligo — vitiligo over all or nearly all of the body surface …
19Medicine — This article is about the science and art of healing. For pharmaceutical drugs, see Medication. For other uses, see Medicine (disambiguation). Statue of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, holding the symbolic Rod of Asclepius with its coiled… …
20medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
