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Tophus
A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas of the body in gout. The word tophus comes via Latin from the Greek tophos meaning a porous volcanic stone. In chronic (tophaceous)…
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Show more- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- Hepatitis B Hepatitis B: Inflammation of the liver due to the hepatitis B virus (HBV), once thought to be passed only…
- Sporadic >An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency. An endemic is continuous, as in the…
- Volar Pertaining to both the palm and sole. It comes from word 'vola' which the ancient Romans used for 'the palm…
- NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1) See: Neurofibromatosis type 1
- NICU Newborn, or Neonatal, Intensive Care Unit, an intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn…
- Elastin degrading enzyme See: Elastase
- Syndrome, Sjogren's See: Sjogren syndrome
- Stickler syndrome, type II See: Stickler syndrome
- Gram (measure) A unit of measurement of weight and mass in the metric system. In weight, a gram is equal to a thousandth of…
- Pathogenicity island The genetic element, the 'island of evil', within the genome of an organism that is responsible for its…
- Hairy cell leukemia A form of chronic leukemia in which malignant B-lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) are seen in the bone…