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Anti-angiogenesis drugs
These drugs, which include angiostatin and Endostatin, halt the process of developing new blood vessels (angiogenesis). Angiostatin is a piece of a larger and very common protein, plasminogen, that the body uses in blood clotting…
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Show more- Nevus 1. Any birthmark.2. A benign pigmented spot on the skin such as a mole (a cluster of melanocytes and…
- Mercury gilding A perilous process for gold-plating in which an amalgam of mercury and gold is applied to an object and then…
- Syphilis test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- CHD Congenital heart disease, a malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart. The term…
- Sylvatic plague Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- Cancer, cervical See: Cervical cancer
- PCO 1. Abbreviation in medical records for 'Patient complains of.' 2. Abbreviation for polycystic ovary. See…
- Corpus callosum, agenesis of the See: Agenesis of the corpus callosum
- Alimentary canal The digestive tract. See: Gastrointestinal tract
- Disease, polycystic ovarian Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…
- Genome annotation The process of identifying the locations of genes and all of the coding regions in a genome and determining…
- Dizziness, anxiety as a cause of One cause of dizziness is overbreathing (hyperventilation) due to anxiety. The overbreathing also causes…