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Trichloroethylene
A possible carcinogenic (cancer-causing) compound used mainly as a degreaser for metal parts. Trichloroethylene was also at one time used to decaffeinate coffee. There are limited findings of elevated liver and biliary tract cancer rates…
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Show more- Headache, cluster A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. There are two main clinical patterns…
- Heroin addiction Physical addiction to heroin, often with concurrent use of other opiates when heroin itself is not available…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- Angiography, coronary The most accurate method (the 'gold standard') for evaluating and defining coronary artery disease (CAD)…
- Intraocular tension The pressure within the eye. See: Intraocular pressure
- Cockayne syndrome A genetic disorder that involves progressive multisystem degeneration and is classified as a segmental…
- AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some valuable…
- Bipolar disease Manic-depressive disease. See: Bipolar disorder
- Unicellular Consisting of one cell only. Some organisms, such as bacteria, are unicellular. Unicellular is in contrast to…
- Familial adenomatous polyposis See: MYH.
- Superficial spreading melanoma See: Melanoma, superficial spreading