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Allergy desensitization
Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is allergic, the aim being to modify or stop the allergy 'war' (by reducing the strength of the IgE and its effect on the mast cells)…
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Show more- Library, cDNA A collection of DNA sequences generated from mRNA (messenger RNA) sequences. This type of DNA library…
- Phenomenon, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Bottlefeeding The use of a substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively…
- Beers criteria Criteria for safe medication use in older adults -- for people over 65 years of age. First issued in 1991…
- Low tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Salvage radiotherapy Radiation treatment given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Chromosome 2 The second largest chromosome in the human genome. Chromosome 2 contains over 240 million base pairs and more…
- Video-assisted surgery A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Coma Coma: A state of deep unarousable unconsciousness. Coma may occur as the result of numerous causes including…
- Acu- A combining form indicating a relationship to a needle. As in acupuncture. From the Latin acus meaning needle
- Physiologic Something that is normal, neither due to anything pathologic nor significant in terms of causing illness
- Tabes dorsalis Slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the tertiary (third) phase of syphilis a…