| HNPCC | hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer |
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| MCC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; medial cell column; Medical Council of Canada; metacerebr... |
| AHS | Academy of Health Sciences; African horse sickness; alveolar hypoventilation syndrome; American Hear... |
| ASG | advanced cell group; American Society for Genetics; Army Surgeon General; aspermiogenesis |
| KHS | King's Honorary Surgeon; kinky hair syndrome; Krebs-Henseleit solution |
| DCC | Deleted in Colorectal Cancer |
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| DCC | Deleted in colorectal carcinoma |
| HNPCC | Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma |
| CRD | colorectal distension |
| orthopaedic surgeon | <specialist> A medically qualified specialist in surgery who has subspecialised in the surgery of bones. Bone cancers are best treated by a TEAM of doctors which includes the orthopaedic surgeon, the medical and radiation oncologists, the radiologist and the pathologist. This has shown to give superior results in centres of excellence, but sadly, in many places, only fragmentary contribution is invited. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| thoracic surgeon | <specialist> A physician specialist expert in the surgical treatment of diseases of the chest, heart and lungs. (27 Sep 1997) |