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Medication, anticoagulant
A drug that is used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood vessels. Anticoagulants have various uses. Some are used for the prophylaxis (prevention) or the treatment of thromboembolic…
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Show more- Sequence, complementary Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Pancreatic beta cell A type of cell in the pancreas that makes insulin. The pancreas is a fish-shaped organ that stretches across…
- Biopsy, liver See: Liver biopsy
- Fluoride A compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Fluoride compounds are present in drinking water and…
- CD4 count, absolute See: Absolute CD4 count
- Absent eye Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Locoregional Limited to a local region. See also: Locoregional anesthesia; Locoregional metastasis
- Onychodystrophy Malformation of the nails
- Brontophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of thunder that causes undue anxiety even though sufferers realize that…
- Mite A tiny eight-legged creature belonging to the Order Acarina related to spiders and ticks. Some mites live…
- Iatr- Prefix relating to a physician or medicine. An iatrogenic illness is one inadvertently caused by a physician…
- Amylo- (Amyl- before a vowel.) A prefix pertaining to starch. From the Greek amylon, meaning starch