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VDRL test
A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) VDRL is compatible with a person not having…
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- Central At or near the center. In anatomy and medicine (as elsewhere), central is the opposite of 'peripheral' which…
- High protein diet A high protein diet is a type of weight loss plan that emphasizes consumption of high-protein-containing…
- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
- Test, VDRL A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a fortunately rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either…
- Crohn colitis Crohn disease involving only the large intestine (colon). Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder…
- Peri- Prefix meaning around or about. For example, pericardial is around the heart, and periaortic lymph nodes are…
- Jaundice, neonatal Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile (bilirubin). In…
- Bradycardia A slow heart rate, usually defined as less than 60 beats per minute. The word bradycardia is logically…
- Vasculitis Vasculitis: Plural: vasculitides. A general term for a group of diseases that feature inflammation of the…
- Genome, rice The first commercially important plant to have its genome sequenced. This feat, completed early in 2001, is…