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Tophus
A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body in gout. The word tophus comes via Latin from the Greek tophos meaning a porous volcanic stone. In chronic (tophaceous)…
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- Auditory acuity The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears. Auditory acuity is what is…
- Fenfluramine A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US…
- Hypoglycemic Relating to hypoglycemia, an abnormally low level of the sugar glucose in the blood, usually a complication…
- Thyrotropin A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Horripilation Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of…
- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase
- Insomnia, fatal familial See Fatal familial insomnia
- Asplenia The absence of a spleen or one that functions. (The spleen can be functionally destroyed, as occurs in…
- Irradiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer: Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER> Most…
- Fatty acids,omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…