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Basal thermometer
Colloquially used as a synonym for basal temperature. Any thermometer can be used to take the basal temperature, although special digital thermometers that are capable of storing and tracking basal temperatures over a period of time are…
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Show more- RFID Radio frequency identification, a system for remotely storing and retrieving data. RFID tags can serve to…
- Flatulence Excess gas in the intestinal tract. But excess flatulence is difficult to define without a yardstick to…
- Cholecystitis Inflammation of the gallbladder, a complication of gallstones which are formed by cholesterol and pigment…
- Subungual onychomycosis, proximal white The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Vaccinia, progressive See Progressive vaccinia
- Liminal In neurolgy, at the threshold of perception to a sensory stimulus. In other words, just barely perceptible to…
- Private mutation A rare mutation found usually only in a single family or a small population. It is like a privately printed…
- Y chromosome The sex chromosome found together with an X chromosome in most normal males. Once thought to be a genetic…
- Open reading frame A long sequence of DNA that has no stop codon (no signal to stop reading) and therefore may encode part or…
- Test, EPO A test of the hormone EPO (erythropoietin) in blood. The EPO level can indicate bone marrow disorders, kidney…
- Eosinophilia, familial See: Familial eosinophilia