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Hyperuricemia
Abnormally elevated blood level of uric acid. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines that are part of many foods we eat. While hyperuricemia may indicate an increased risk of gout , the relationship between hyperuricemia and gout is…
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- Mast cell A connective tissue cell whose normal function is unknown but which is frequently injured in allergic…
- Lymphedema A common chronic, debilitating condition in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes…
- Adjuvant chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy…
- Biological safety level 2 Level 2 biosafety
- Supercentenarian Someone 110 years old or over (no upper limit). This term was coined in 1991. See also: Age by decade
- Ureaplasma A bacterium that commonly infects the urogenital tract and can cause premature birth or spontaneous abortion…
- Diet, Mediterranean See: Mediterranean diet
- Bezoar A clump or wad of swallowed food and/or hair. Bezoars can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the…
- Collateral knee ligament, lateral The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Vein, superior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and empties it into the…
- Elephantiasis Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease caused by tiny thread-like worms that live in the…