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CEA
See carcinoembryonic antigen
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- Palpebral fissure The opening for the eyes between the eyelids.
- Rh incompatibility The difference in Rh blood group types between an Rh negative mother and her Rh positive baby that leads to…
- Fever, shin bone Fever, shin bone: Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs…
- CoQ10 See: Coenzyme Q10
- Syndrome, trisomy 21 A common chromosome disorder, often called Down syndrome, due to an extra chromosome number 21 (trisomy 21)…
- Syndrome, sick sinus Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the…
- Colporrhaphy Surgical repair of the vagina. The -rrhaphy part of the word comes from the Greek raphe meaning suture
- Pallidum Part of what are called the basal ganglia of the brain which consist of the globus pallidus and the ventral…
- Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis: A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of cartilage in the…
- Arhythmia We do not usually give a misspelling but this is a frequent misspelling of arrhythmia (with two r's), meaning…