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Jaundice, hemolytic
Jaundice, hemolytic: Jaundice caused by destruction of red blood cells. This can be an inborn condition (hereditary spherocytosis) or it may be caused by a blood transfusion from a different blood group, infection in the blood, or some…
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Show more- Category 4 storm See: Category four hurricane
- Stress Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can…
- Automatic behavior A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Keratitis Inflammation of the cornea (the transparent structure in the front of the eye).
- World Health Organization An agency of the United Nations established in 1948 to further international cooperation in improving health…
- Concatenate To link together in a chain or in a series. For example, the lymph nodes that appeared enlarged were…
- X (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates SOS -- that the medication contains a substance such as…
- Shotgun sequencing An approach used to decode a genome by shredding ('shotgunning') it into smaller fragments of DNA which can…
- Chromosome duplication Part of a chromosome in duplicate. A particular kind of mutation involving the production of one or more…
- Drop seizure See: Atonic seizure
- DSCR See: Down syndrome critical region
- Sensorineural deafness with XX gonadal dysgenesis See: Perrault syndrome.