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Red cell count
The number of red blood cells (RBCs) in a volume of blood. The normal range varies slightly between laboratories but is generally between 4.2 - 5.9 million cells/cmm. This can also be referred to as the erythrocyte count and can be…
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- DSCR See: Down syndrome critical region
- Saphenous vein, small The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Dandruff A mild skin condition that produces white flakes that may be shed and fall from the hair. Dandruff is due to…
- Snake stick A stick or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios)…
- Whipple disease A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by…
- Sinus 1. An air-filled cavity in a dense portion of a skull bone. The sinuses decrease the weight of the skull. The…
- Prepuce, inflammation of the Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Acute confusional state See: Delirium
- Keratitis, acanthamoeba See: Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Heroin Semisynthetic drug derived from morphine. Discovered in 1874, it was introduced commercially in 1898 by the…