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Cachetic
Common misspelling of cachectic
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- IRB Institutional Review Board
- Prusiner, Stanley B. American neurologist (1942-) and winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of 'prions - a new biological…
- Hemidiaphragm, elevated See: Elevated hemidiaphragm
- Lab test A test that is done in the laboratory where the appropriate equipment, supplies, and certified expertise are…
- Prusiner See: Prusiner, Stanley B.
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- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Meningitis, neoplastic A condition due to cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges, the tissue…