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Syndrome, yeast
The yeast Candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of nonspecific problems including fatigue, loss of appetite, headache, short-attention span, depression and all manner of intestinal irregularities. There is no…
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Show more- Test, exercise cardiac stress The exercise cardiac stress test (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The patient…
- Shock, septic Shock caused by infection. See also septicemia.
- Homo erectus A primate believed to have been an extinct ancestor of modern humans being (Homo sapiens). Known to have been…
- Metacarpals Five cylindrical bones extending from the wrist to the fingers.
- Skute barbata See: Scutellaria barbata
- Study, longitudinal A study done over the passage of time. For example, a longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome…
- Heterozygote A person possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A heterozygote…
- Calcium channel blocker A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into the muscle cells of the heart and the arteries. It is the entry…
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast Breast: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of cancer of the breast…
- Ammonia A colorless gas with a very sharp odor. Made both by humans and by nature, ammonia dissolves easily in water…
- Cyte A genetic term referring to the visual appearance of a chromosome when stained and examined under a…
- Candidiasis Overgrowth of the C. albicans yeast in the gastrointestinal tract, or infection of other body areas with this…