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Thyroid binding globulin
A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
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- Hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature. The condition needs treatment at body temperatures of 35C (95 F) or below…
- Osteopenia Mild thinning of the bone mass, but not as severe as osteoporosis. Osteopenia results when the formation of…
- Syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison A rare disorder caused by a tumor called a gastrinoma, most often occurring in the pancreas. The tumor…
- Gingivitis, fusospirillary This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- ESRD End-stage renal disease
- Cysticerci The plural of cysticercis. See: Cysticercus
- Auricular Of or pertaining to the outer ear. Adjective form of auricle. (Not to be confused with avuncular which refers…
- Medullary cystic kidney disease, recessive Ssive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the…
- Babinski response An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stroked. If…
- Second wave A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first…
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…