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Allograft
The transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different genotype. A transplant from one person to another, but not an identical twin, is an allograft. Allografts account for many human…
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- PFT Pulmonary function test, a test designed to measure how well the lungs are working. PFTs gauge how the lungs…
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Labor Childbirth, the aptly-named experience of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to…
- Response, hyperglycemic A response resulting in a high blood sugar and specifically elevating the level of the sugar glucose in the…
- MELD Acronym for Model End Stage Liver Disease. A disease severity scoring system for adults with liver disease…
- Middle ear There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle…
- Primordium In embryology, organ or tissue in its earliest recognizable stage of development. As, for example, the…
- Rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
- Ca Abbreviation for circa, meaning about or approximately, as in ca. 1 mg
- Angiostrongyliasis Infection with the parasitic nematode (roundworm) Angiostrongylus. The two species that infect humans are A…
- XX The sex chromosome complement of a normal human female. See also X chromosome