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  2. List of people who use their middle names as their first names

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    In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. [1] This list includes people who use their middle name, or one of their middle names, or a diminutive form of their middle name, such as Bob for Robert or Ted for Edward, as their first name, or in some instances, they use their middle name mononymously.

  3. Lists of medical eponyms - Wikipedia

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    However, because of the nature of the history of medicine, new discoveries are often referred to using the name of the people who initially made the discovery. List of eponymous diseases; List of eponymous fractures; List of eponymous medical devices; List of eponymous medical signs; List of eponymous medical treatments; List of eponymous ...

  4. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The term post-infectious fatigue syndrome was initially proposed as a subset of "chronic fatigue syndrome" with a documented triggering infection, but might also be used as a synonym of ME/CFS or as a broader set of fatigue conditions after infection. [26] Many individuals with ME/CFS object to the term chronic fatigue syndrome. They consider ...

  5. List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...

  6. List of medical abbreviations: M - Wikipedia

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    M/E: microscopic examination MEC: Moderate emetic chemotherapy: MEDLINE: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (U.S. National Library of Medicine) MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease: MEN: multiple endocrine neoplasia: MeSH: Medical Subject Headings (U.S. National Library of Medicine) MET: metabolic equivalent: met

  7. Medical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .

  8. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.

  9. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet made its first acquisition in March 2021, with the purchase of Slader, which offered detailed explanations of textbook concepts and practice problems, and eventually incorporated it into its paid platform, Quizlet Plus. [20] [21] [22] In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23]