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Show more- R-tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Nucleocaspid The genome plus the protein coat of a viral. The genome is nucleic acid. The protein coat is the capsid. The…
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Acidosis Too much acid in the body, a distinctly abnormal condition resulting from the accumulation of acid or from…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
- Medical Repository The first medical magazine and the first scientific journal published in the United States. The Medical…
- Basal cell nevus syndrome The Gorlin syndrome
- Silica The chief component of sand and a substance responsible for lung disease and cancer. Crystalline silica of…
- Caduceus 1. A rod with two snakes entwined about it topped by a pair of wings.2. An insignia of a caduceus meant…
- Biotherapy Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…
- Oophoritis Inflammation of the ovary or egg sac.
- Ventricular septum The wall between the two lower chambers (the right and left ventricles) of the heart