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TIA
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- Bos taurus genome See: Bovine genome
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- Delirium A sudden state of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function, sometimes associated with…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 1 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the…
- Prevalence The proportion of individuals in a population having a disease. Prevalence is a statistical concept referring…
- Blepharoplasty Plastic surgery on the eyelids. Blepharoplasty may be done to correct ptosis (sagging eyelids), remove fatty…
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Meconium Dark sticky material normally present in the intestine at birth and passed in the feces after birth. The…
- Nervous system, sympathetic A part of the nervous system that accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood…
- Three day fever See: Sandfly fever
- CTL Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte