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Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor
See: MPC1
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Show more- Lymph An almost colorless fluid that travels through vessels called lymphatics in the lymphatic system and carries…
- Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid The smallest and most discreet of the common styles of hearing instruments. Completely-in-the-canal (CIC)…
- Alcohol abuse Use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ('binge drinking') or as a regular…
- EDC Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born
- Aneurysm, atherosclerotic See: Atherosclerotic aneurysm
- Epiglottitis, acute A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- Quasidiploid Describing a cell that seems to have the usual two full sets of 23 chromosomes, but does not. Many malignant…
- Fear of heat Thermophobia. An abnormally excessive and persistent fear of heat, including hot weather and hot objects…
- Colony-stimulating factor A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells…
- TLSO Thoracolumbosacral orthosis. This is one of two main types of braces used to correct the lateral (sideways)…
- Congenital clasped thumb with mental retardation See: Clasped thumbs and mental retardation
- Premacular fibrosis See: Macular pucker