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Lipids
Another word for 'fats.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) Lipids can be more formally defined as substances such as a fat, oil or wax that dissolves in alcohol but not in water. Lipids contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen but have…
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Show more- Angioedema, hereditary A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Signature 1) That part of the prescription that contains the doctor's directions to the patient. For example, the…
- Generalized tonic-clonic seizure See: Grand mal
- Biopsy, breast See: Breast biopsy
- FCC In medicine, familial colorectal cancer (not the Federal Communications Commission)
- Diaphragm (contraceptive) A barrier method of contraception that is available by prescription only and must be sized by a health…
- Landry ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- RFID Radio frequency identification, a system for remotely storing and retrieving data. RFID tags can serve to…
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease A hip disorder in children due to interruption of the blood supply to the head of the femur (the ball in the…
- Reservoir of infection Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. The…
- Epilepsy, partial A seizure that affects only one part of the brain. Symptoms will depend on which part is affected: one part…
- Artery, splenic A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…