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- Menstrual spotting The presence of apparent menstrual blood during the wrong parts of the menstrual cycle. Some women have a…
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Juvenile polyposis syndrome See: Juvenile polyposis
- Nucleus, caudate See: Caudate nucleus
- Lipid storage diseases A series of disorders due to inborn errors in lipid metabolism resulting in the abnormal accumulation of…
- Tularemia A bacterial disease caused by infection with a bacterium called Francisella tularensis that usually occurs in…
- Interval malignancy In mammography, a malignancy that becomes evident during the period between annual screening mammograms. The…
- PDR Physicians' Desk Reference (please see entry to Physicians' Desk Reference). PDR less frequently stands for…
- Unique identifier reporting In public health, a system that uses information such as the person's birth date and part of their…
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) The agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded…
- Cardiac tamponade A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of blood or other fluid inside the…