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Show more- Drug, antifungal A drug used to treat fungal infections. Examples of antifungal drugs include miconazole (MONISTAT) and…
- Zinc excess Too much zinc can cause gastrointestinal irritation (upset stomach), interfere with copper absorption and…
- Purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic (TTP) A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the…
- Sclerencephaly A general term for scarring and shrinkage of the substance of the brain. Sclerencephaly occurs because of…
- Evolution The continuing process of change, especially in reference to natural selection. Charles Darwin (1809-82)…
- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Supernumerary placenta A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Breast, Paget disease of See: Paget disease of the breast
- Phlebotomist A person who draws blood.
- Disease, polygenic See Polygenic disease
- Vascular headache A group of headaches felt to involve abnormal sensitivity of the blood vessels (arteries) in the brain to…
- Fibulin 3 A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood…