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Test, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed
-ABS): A blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific antibodies directed against the organism (Treponema pallidum) responsible for syphilis. The fluorescent treponemal antibody…
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Show more- Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS) Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS): The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague…
- Assignment of benefits An arrangement by which a patient requests that their health benefit payments be made directly to a…
- Renal pelvis The area at the center of the kidney. Urine collects here and is funneled into the ureter
- Anomalad, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Fasting blood glucose A method for learning how much glucose (sugar) there is in a blood sample taken after an overnight fast. The…
- Leukemia, acute lymphoblastic See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Swallowing tube Descriptive term for the esophagus. See: Esophagus.
- Beers criteria Criteria for safe medication use in older adults -- for people over 65 years of age. First issued in 1991…
- Anesthetic, general An anesthetic that puts the person to sleep
- Glenohumeral dislocation See: Shoulder dislocation
- Nasogastric tube A tube that is passed through the nose and down through the nasopharynx and esophagus into the stomach…
- Intersex A group of conditions sometimes referred to as disorders of sexual development (DSDs) in which there is a…