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Show more- Histiocytosis, Langerhans cell Histiocytosis in which the active histiocytes normally occur in the skin. See histiocytosis.
- Altitude, high >High altitude: 8,000 - 12,000 feet (2,438 - 3,658 meters); >Very high altitude: 12,000 - 18,000 feet (3,658…
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Low blood platelet count as a result of the medication heparin. Heparin is used to treat and prevent abnormal…
- Partial hysterectomy Hysterectomy: In a partial hysterectomy, the uterus is surgically removed but the cervix is left in place…
- Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma: A leading childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the…
- Dural sac The membranous sac that encases the spinal cord within the bony structure of the vertebral column. Dural…
- Syndrome, Gulf War See: Gulf War syndrome
- IFA Indirect immunofluorescence assay
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome The largest nerve in the body, the sciatic nerve begins from nerve roots in the lumbar part of the spinal…
- GM2-gangliosidosis, type 1 This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in…
- RNA, ribosomal A molecular component of a ribosome, the cell's essential protein factory. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) fabricates…
- Trabecula A partition which divides or partly divides a cavity. > >One of the strands of connective tissue projecting…