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Hemolytic disease of the newborn
Abnormal breakup of red blood cells in the fetus or newborn. This is usually due to antibodies made by the mother directed against the baby's red cells. It is typically caused by Rh incompatibility, that is differences between the Rh blood…
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- Dupuytren, Guillaume (1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the…
- CMV (cytomegalovirus) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- Psychosis, schizophrenia The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia may be one disorder, or it may be…
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- Hyperbaric Pertaining to gas pressures greater than 1 atmosphere* of pressure. Also pertaining to solutions that are…
- Typhus, epidemic A severe acute disease with prolonged high fever up to 40° C (104° F), intractable headache, and a…
- Distention The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. For example, on inhalation there is…
- Prostatectomy, radical See: Radical prostatectomy
- Anovular Not accompanied by ovulation, the release of an ovum (egg) from the ovary. Synonymous with anovulatory
- Sterilization, female surgical Female surgical sterilization blocks (or removes part or all of) the fallopian tubes so the egg cannot travel…
- F (symbol) A much used symbol, F stands for fractional concentration; free energy; Fahrenheit; visual field; fluorine…