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Chromosome 11 childhood leukemia
A new type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and attached itself to another chromosome). Children with this type of leukemia have a particularly poor prognosis (outlook). They do not…
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- Grand mal epilepsy See: Grand mal
- Bias 1. When a point of view prevents impartial judgment on issues relating to the subject of that point of view…
- Arbovirus A class of viruses transmitted to humans by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks. The first two letters of…
- Veisalgia The sober medical term for a hangover. 'There is no consensus definition of veisalgia ('alcohol…
- Defibrillator A device used to correct a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation, or to restart…
- Cervical dysplasia Changes from normal in the cells lining the cervix of the uterus. Cervical dysplasia involves a sequence of…
- Brainstem implant A type of hearing aid that bypasses the cochlea in the middle ear and the auditory nerve and is implanted in…
- Grief Therapy for people who have unusually serious grief reactions. The goal of grief therapy is to identify and…
- Oath of Maimonides A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Dysplasia, cleidocranial >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…