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Branched-chain ketoaciduria
See: Maple syrup urine disease
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Show more- Colostomy, iliac A colostomy in which the exterior opening (stoma) is located on the lower left side of the abdomen
- McCune-Albright syndrome Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…
- Ovary The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis…
- Test, eye chart This test measures how well you see at various distances. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called…
- WF Abbreviation for 'white female' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Therapy, respiratory Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- PON The symbol for the enzyme called paraoxonase
- HIV Acronym for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the cause of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV has…
- Machine, continuous passive motion machine A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Oat cell cancer A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small, round and resemble oats. Also called small cell lung…
- Seizure, centrencephalic See: Grand mal
- Ba The symbol for barium