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Presbyacusia
See: Presbycusis
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Show more- Lab Short for a laboratory (or a Labrador retriever)
- Afferent vessel A vessel that carries blood toward the heart. A vein or venule
- Defect, neural tube A major birth defect caused by abnormal development of the neural tube, the structure present during…
- Placebo effect A positive medical response to taking a placebo, a sham medication as if it were an active medication. Up to…
- Reaven syndrome See: Metabolic syndrome
- Plegia Suffix meaning paralysis or a stroke. As in cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart), hemiplegia (paralysis of…
- B virus An infectious agent commonly found among macaque monkeys, including rhesus macaques, pig-tailed macaques, and…
- Ascending pathway A nerve pathway that goes upward from the spinal cord toward the brain carrying sensory information from the…
- Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging A special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that uses an injected dye in order to see blood flow…
- Histo- Literally, tissue compatibility. With full histocompatibility between a donor and recipient, tissue can be…
- Whipple disease A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by…
- Crohn's disease Crohn's disease: A chronic inflammatory disease, primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which…