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Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)
An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGOT is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood SGOT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to…
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Show more- Ingelfinger rule The policy of considering a manuscript for publication only if its substance has not been submitted or…
- Gastroscope A flexible, lighted instrument that is put through the mouth and down the esophagus to view the stomach…
- Total hip replacement Total hip replacement: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia
- Itch, ocean An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Bone, sphenoid See; Sphenoid bone
- Human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here is a depiction of a…
- Patellar tendonopathy See: Patellar tendonitis
- Mesentery A fold of tissue which attaches organs to the body wall. The word mesentery usually refers to the small bowel…
- Bruce N. Ames See: Ames, Bruce N.
- Gene-expression profiling A genomic technique that based on the fact that only a fraction of the genes encoded in the genome of a cell…
- Yeast vaginitis Yeast vaginitis: Infection of the vagina by a fungus known as Candida, characteristically causing itching…