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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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- Test, syphilis (RPR) Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Glucose Glucose: The simple sugar (monosaccharide) that serves as the chief source of energy in the body. Glucose is…
- Ovarian cancer Ovarian cancer: Cancer of the ovary, the egg sac of females. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER> Most…
- Imbricate Overlapping like shingles or tiles on a roof. The scales on a snake are imbricate. From the Latin imbricatus…
- Eyelid The lid or cover of the eye, a movable fold of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball or opened…
- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Thermophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of heat, including hot weather and hot objects. Sufferers from thermophobia…
- Malariologist Someone who is versed in or engaged in the study of malaria. 'Independent malariologists believe it kills two…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia