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Show more- Palatine Anatomically, pertaining to the palate. For example, the palatine bone
- Laryngeal nerve, recurrent One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After…
- Small calorie (Calorie) A type of lung cancer in which the cells appear small and round under the microscope. Also called oat cell…
- Areflexia Absence of neurologic reflexes such as the knee jerk reaction
- Purpura, acute thrombocytopenic See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura.
- Th2 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Newborn screening Tests of newborns to screen for serious treatable diseases most of which are genetic. The newborn screening…
- Diabetic shock Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with diabetes. Symptoms include a sweet, chemical odor on the…
- Ribozyme An RNA molecule that can catalyze its own chemical reactions
- Icterus Jaundice. At least one medical dictionary defines icterus as the presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of…
- Hematuria, microscopic Blood in the urine that is visible only under a microscope. There is so little blood that it cannot be seen…
- Iontophoresis A transdermal delivery system in which a substance bearing a charge is propelled through the skin by a low…