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Reticulocytosis
An elevation in the number of reticulocytes (young red blood cells) in blood, a sign of unusually rapid red blood cell production. The number of reticulocytes is normally less than 1% of the total number of the red blood cells. A higher…
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- Mortality rate, maternal The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Chronic leukemia Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses slowly
- Xerosis Abnormal dryness of the skin (xeroderma), of the conjunctiva of the eye (xerophthalmia), or of the mucous…
- Ear, inner There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Apex From the Latin meaning summit, the apex is the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure, like the lung or the…
- Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte A T cell that is antigen-specific and is able to search out and kill specific types of virus-infected cells…
- Dysarthria Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The…
- Nostradamus Celebrated French physician and astrologer (1503-1566), born Michel de Notredame. Nostradamus studied…
- Placenta A temporary organ joining the mother and fetus, the placenta transfers oxygen and nutrients from the mother…
- CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form…