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Disease, pulseless
See: Takayasu disease
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- Paget disease of the breast The combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast…
- Allergy, honey bee See: Honey bee allergy
- Disease, Addison Long-term underfunction of the outer portion of the adrenal gland. In medical terms, chronic insufficiency of…
- Penetrance The likelihood a given gene will result in disease. For example, if half (50%) of the people with the…
- Juvenile Between infantile and adult as, for example, in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (onset before age 16 years) and…
- Heterokaryon A cell with two separate nuclei formed by the experimental fusion of two genetically different cells…
- Vertebra A vertebra is one of 33 bony segments that form the spinal column of humans. There are 7 cervical, 12…
- CBT Cognitive behavior therapy. See: Cognitive therapy
- Pneuma The life-giving principle. According to the school of medicine in ancient Alexandria, life was associated…