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Abbreviation for liter, a metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a kilogram of water at 4 degrees centigrade and at standard atmospheric pressure of 760 millimeters of mercury. > >Metric equivalents --…
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- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…
- Renal artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis: Narrowing of the major artery that supplies blood to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis…
- Mb Megabase
- Penis The external male sex organ used to copulate and ejaculate semen and to convey urine outside the body. In…
- Encopresis Encopresis: Inability to control the elimination of stool (fecal incontinence). Encopresis can have a variety…
- Syndrome, Cornelia de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Tuna A fish about which there are several health concerns. One concern involves carbon monoxide that prevents the…
- Apheresis The process of removing a specific component from blood and returning the remaining components to the donor…
- Compassionate use Term used in the US for a method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use…
- Retinoic acid syndrome A syndrome that occurs from treatment with retinoic acid and is characterized by fever, dyspnea (difficulty…
- Pseudoobstruction, myopathic Intestinal pseudoobstruction caused by damage to muscle cells in the walls of the bowel