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Nerve conduction velocity test
Nerve conduction velocity test> An electrical test used to detect nerve conditions. In the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) test, the nerve is electrically stimulated by one electrode while other electrodes detect the electrical impulse…
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Show more- Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) The chromosome abnormality that causes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Abbreviated as the Ph chromosome. The…
- Type 1 diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Pancreas, annular An abnormal ring of pancreatic tissue that encircles the duodenum and often causes intestinal obstruction…
- Syndrome, fragile X The most common heritable form of mental retardation, occurring in about one in two thousand males and a…
- Atrial Pertaining to the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, as in atrial fibrillation and atrial septal defect
- Prone The first sulfa drug to be discovered. Largely of historic interest today. The discovery was made by the…
- Dermatofibroma A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often…
- PFT Pulmonary function test, a test designed to measure how well the lungs are working. PFTs gauge how the lungs…
- Diabetic nephropathy The kidney disease associated with long-standing diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is also called…
- Meningitis vaccine This term usually refers to a vaccine used to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the…
- URG Urogastrone. See: EGF
- Valdecoxib Valdecoxib: Generic name of a cox-2 inhibitor. See: Bextra.