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Diabetic eye disease
1. A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes. The vessels swell and leak liquid into the retina, blurring the vision and sometimes leading to blindness. Also called diabetic retinopathy. 2. Any…
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- Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type II.
- Xuezhikang One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Colography, computed tomography Virtual colonoscopy
- Supportive care Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's…
- Braxton Hicks contractions Irregular contractions of the womb (the uterus) occurring towards the middle of pregnancy in the first…
- Mucolipidosis One of a group of inherited storage diseases in which both lipids and substances called mucopolysaccharides…
- Product, gene The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Gallbladder agenesis This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Aphagia Inability to eat. From the Greek prefix 'a-' meaning 'not' + 'phago' meaning 'to eat' + not to eat.
- Eosinophilic leukocyte See: Eosinophil
- Growth hormone A hormone made in the pituitary gland that stimulates the release of another hormone called somatomedin by…