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Show more- Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut A severe form of epilepsy that usually begins in early childhood and is characterized by frequent seizures of…
- Para Any woman who has given birth once or more is termed a 'para.' Note that, for a pregnancy to count as a…
- Sigmoid In human anatomy, the lower colon (the lower portion of the large bowel). 'Sigmoid' is short for 'sigmoid…
- Racemose aneurysm An aneurysm that looks like a bunch of grapes
- Parathormone A hormone that is made by the parathyroid gland and that is critical to calcium and phosphorus balance…
- Pathogen, special See: Special pathogen
- Condom Although the word 'condom' usually refers to the male condom, there is also a female condom. Both male and…
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Cell, somatic See: Somatic cell
- Disease, Ritter This is the scalded skin syndrome, a potentially serious side effect of infection with the Staph…
- Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP) An enzyme that is normally present only in small amounts in the blood, but that may be found at higher…
- Excrescence An oral antiestrogen. Exemestane inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…