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Gaucher disease
Gaucher disease: A series of 5 diseases due to deficient activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, leading to accumulation of glucocerebroside in tissues of the body. The 5 types of Gaucher disease encompass a continuum of clinical…
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- Phrenology The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium. Phrenology was a pseudoscience of the…
- Allograft The transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different…
- Stomach, Pavlov A pouch fashioned surgically from part of the stomach (but isolated from the rest of the stomach) that opens…
- Gamma-OH A European name for gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) The chromosome abnormality that causes chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Abbreviated as the Ph chromosome. The…
- Aortic atresia Congenital absence of the normal valvular opening from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta…
- Transfusion medicine Blood transfusion and blood conservation are the complementary activities that constitute the clinical arena…
- Heart ventricle One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives blood from the…
- Speech disorder A disorder affecting the ability to produce normal speech. Speech disorders may affect articulation (phonetic…
- Cilia The fine hairlike projections from certain cells such as those in the respiratory tract that sweep in unison…