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Glycosylated hemoglobin
Hemoglobin to which glucose is bound. Glycosylated hemoglobin is tested to monitor the long-term control of diabetes mellitus. The level of glycosylated hemoglobin is increased in the red blood cells of persons with poorly controlled…
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Show more- Lecithinase See: Phospholipase
- Termination codon See: Stop codon
- Bursitis, elbow Inflammation of the olecranon bursa, the bursa at the tip of the elbow is called the olecranon bursitis. A…
- Seizure, absence See: Absence seizure
- Amoxil See: Amoxicillin
- Glans penis, inflammation of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Smell See Olfaction
- Leg, upper The upper leg is the superior (top) segment of the leg: the part above the knee. As compared to the lower leg…
- Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter
- Landry ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Public grief See: Public mourning
- Cauterization The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called diathermy or electrodiathermy.