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Abortive
The word 'abortive' has a number of meanings including prematurely born; fruitless or unsuccessful; imperfectly formed or developed; tending to cut short. In everyday language, the sense of 'abortive' to mean prematurely born, as 'an…
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- Mendelian Referring to the great Moravian/Bohemian biologist Gregor Mendel (1822-84) who set forth the basic laws that…
- Syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison A rare disorder caused by a tumor called a gastrinoma, most often occurring in the pancreas. The tumor…
- Diffuse degeneration of gray matter with cirrhosis Ic cirrhosis, Alpers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness)…
- Spine 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine…
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- Disorders, myeloproliferative Malignant diseases of certain bone marrow cells including those that give rise to the red blood cells, the…
- MEDLARS MEDLARS® is an acronym that stands for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System. It is a…
- Visual field test Visual field test: A test which measures the extent and distribution of the field of vision. The visual field…