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Maple syrup urine disease
Hereditary disease due to deficiency of an enzyme involved in amino acid metabolism, characterized by urine that smells like maple syrup. The three branched-chain amino acids: (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) cannot be metabolized…
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Show more- Diachronic study A study done over the course of time. For example, a longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome…
- Cystocele Bulging of the bladder into the vagina. From cysto- (the bladder) + -cele (hernia) because the bladder…
- Antibody cross reactivity The ability of an antibody to react with similar antigenic sites on different proteins
- Intrafallopian A term meaning 'within the fallopian tube.' There are two fallopian tubes in female mammals, including human…
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone See Diabetes, type 1
- Thrombophlebitis Inflammation of a vein that occurs when a blood clot forms
- Hysterectomy, subtotal The uterus is surgically removed but the cervix is left is left in place. Also called a partial hysterectomy
- Symptoms, withdrawal Abnormal physical or psychological features that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that has the…
- Indirect immunofluorescence assay A laboratory test used to detect antibodies in serum or other body fluid. The specific antibodies are labeled…
- Othello syndrome The delusion of infidelity of a spouse or partner. The Othello syndrome affects males and, less often…
- Grand mal A form of epilepsy characterized by tonic-clonic seizures. involving two phases -- the tonic phase in which…
- CoQ10 See: Coenzyme Q10