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Test, sweat chloride
See: Sweat test
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- Deficiency, FAO Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Genetics, transplantation The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a…
- Transaminase clinical usage Two of the better known enzymes in the transaminase class are serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)…
- Loin The portion of the lower back from just below the rib cage to the pelvis. The loins include the psoas muscles…
- Chorda tympani A branch of the facial nerve (the seventh cranial nerve) that serves the taste buds in the front of the…
- Bekam Malay name for the practice of cupping. See: Cupping
- Gaucher disease, types 2-5 A series of disease due to glucocerebrosidase deficiency and accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells. By…
- Prostate, nodular hyperplasia See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- PKU See Maternal phenylketonuria.
- Viable Capable of life. For example, a viable premature baby is one who is able to survive outside the womb.
- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…