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- Niacin Niacin: Nicotinic acid, one of the B-complex B vitamins. Deficiency of niacin in the diet results in the…
- Operation, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Pleiotropic cytokine Cytokine that affects the activity of multiple cell types. A cytokine is a small protein that has a specific…
- Cardiopulmonary Having to do with both the heart and lungs
- Diabetic musculoskeletal disorder A musculoskeletal problem associated with diabetes mellitus. These include: > >Diabetic syndrome of limited…
- Dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Lesion Pronounced 'lee-sion' with the emphasis on the 'lee,' a lesion can be almost any abnormality involving any…
- Rift Valley fever A viral disease that is acute, causes fever in domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and…
- Frame, open reading See: Open reading frame
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Xerogram A picture of the body recorded on paper rather than on film. Also called a xeroradiograph. From the Greek…