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Alembic
A type of still, an apparatus used in the process of distillation. Alembics were employed in chemistry and biomedical laboratories as well as in distilling cognac. By extension, 'alembic' is anything that refines or transmutes as if by…
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- Alport syndrome An hereditary condition characterized by kidney disease, sensorineural (nerve) deafness and sometimes eye…
- Hypermobility syndrome Hypermobility syndrome: A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move…
- Beriberi A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and…
- Glial fibrillary acidic protein See: GFAP.
- Retropubic prostatectomy Surgical removal of the prostate through an incision in the abdomen. NTER>
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Better known as FEMA, an agency of the US government dedicated to rapid response to disasters, both man-made…
- Manic-depressive disease See manic-depression
- Radio frequency identification (RFID) A system for remotely storing and retrieving data. An RFID tag may be a little sticker that can be…
- Lemierre syndrome A potentially lethal form of sore throat caused by the bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum, a common…
- Elastase 1 Pancreatic elastase, a member of the pancreatic family of serine proteases. Although termed elastase, this…
- Palpebra The eyelid. The plural is palpebrae and the adjective is palpebral, as in palpebral fissure