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Paraquat lung
Lung disease caused by the contact herbicide paraquat which selectively accumulates in the lungs and is highly toxic. Once X-ray changes from paraquat are evident in the lungs, death is virtually certain. Paraquat lung emerged as a health…
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Show more- HIPAA Acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide…
- Genetics, forensic See: Forensic genetics
- Dyskeratosis congenita An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal…
- Weaver syndrome An overgrowth syndrome characterized by accelerated growth and advanced bone age (evident at birth), unusual…
- Iodine excess Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Lentigo A type of freckle that is a small tan, brown, or black spot which tends to be darker than the usual…
- Digestive a Kidney Dis, Nat'l Inst Diabetes and Diabetes and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Lazy eye An eye that diverges in gaze. A lazy eye is formally called strabismus. A lazy eye (strabismus) can be due to…
- Infiltrate To penetrate. If an IV infiltrates, the IV fluid penetrates the surrounding tissue.
- JCML Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Immunotoxin A hybrid molecule created by coupling an antibody or antigen with part or all of a toxin. The hybrid molecule…
- CEPT Cholesterol ester transfer protein