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Monochromatism
1) Total inability to perceive color. A person with true monochromatism perceives only black, white, and shades of gray. It is due to lack of or damage to the cones of the eye that perceive color, or to inability of the nerves to translate…
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Show more- Fine needle aspiration The use of a thin needle to withdraw material from the body. For example, this method is commonly used to…
- Family history of colon cancer See: Colon cancer family history
- Prenatal diagnosis Diagnosis before birth. Methods for prenatal diagnosis include ultrasound of the uterus, placenta, and/or…
- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- CA 15-3 A tumor marker most useful in following the course of treatment in women diagnosed with breast cancer…
- Hansen's disease See: Hansen disease
- Renal vein thrombosis Blood clot in the major vein that drains blood from the kidney
- Neophobia Fear of anything new, of innovation, an irrational fear of new situations, places, or things. In animal…
- Appendix cancer A malignancy of the appendix, accounting for about 1 in 200 of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Although…
- School, medical See: Medical school
- Anatomy in the Bible There are in the Bible but few direct references to the internal organs. Biblical poetry, however, abounds…
- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm