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Acute lymphocytic leukemia
See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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- Dermatoscopy A noninvasive diagnostic technique for the early diagnosis of melanoma and the evaluation of other pigmented…
- Galton, Sir Francis English advocate of eugenics, the idea of improving the physical and mental makeup of the human species by…
- HUGO Acronym for the Human Genome Organisation, the international organization of scientists involved in the Human…
- Nerve, fifth cranial The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Hematuria, microscopic Blood in the urine that is visible only under a microscope. There is so little blood that it cannot be seen…
- Morbid jealousy See: Othello syndrome
- Syphilis test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Vasodilators Agents that act as blood vessel dilators (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls…
- Zhitai One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Glucose tolerance test See: Impaired glucose tolerance.
- Hematemesis The medical term for bloody vomitus. The word 'hematemesis' is made up of 'hema-', blood + 'emesis', vomit =…