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- Cancer, ovary Cancer of the egg sac of females: the ovary. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER>Most ovarian growths…
- Small intestine insufficiency See: Short bowel syndrome
- Collagen IV alpha 5 See: COL4A5
- Immunotherapy, allergy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- Deficiency, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase Underactivity of a liver enzyme that is essential to the disposal of bilirubin (the chemical that results…
- Aspirate To suck in. A patient may aspirate for example by accidentally drawing material from the stomach into the…
- Clade Related organisms descended from a common ancestor. For example, isolate M of HIV-1 (the human…
- Atkins diet A high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate weight-loss diet popularized by Dr. Robert C. Atkins that allows…
- Parasite >Protozoa -- Malaria is caused by plasmodium, a protozoa, a single-cell organism that can only divide within…