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Eosinophil
A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse round granules of uniform size within its cytoplasm and typically a bilobate (two-lobed) nucleus. Eosinophils are so named because their cytoplasmic granules stain red with the dye eosin…
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- Leukemia, smoldering A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This…
- Speech therapist An older term for a speech- language pathologist
- Renal stone A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Also called a kidney stone. Renal stones are a…
- Pelvis, gynecoid The gynecoid pelvis is one that is generally characteristic of a woman in its bone structure and therefore…
- Incurable Not amenable to a cure. Incapable of being cured, healed and made well again. Many pancreatic cancers are…
- Lattice dystrophy A form of hereditary corneal dystrophy in which there is an accumulation of amyloid deposits, or abnormal…
- Genital wart A wart in the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. Genital warts are due to a human papillomavirus…
- Human Genome Project International effort aimed at identifying and sequencing (ordering) all of the bases in the human genome…
- Syndrome, toxic shock A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized…
- Catheter, hemodialysis A venous catheter used for hemodialysis (dialysis of the blood). A hemodialysis catheter is a type of central…
- Erythropoietin test Erythropoietin test: A test of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) in blood. An abnormal level of EPO may mean…