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Show more- Blood, urinary Medically called hematuria, blood in the urine can be microscopic or gross. Evaluating hematuria requires…
- Debris flow injury Also known as mudslide injury. See: Landslide injury
- Tumor registry Recorded information about the status of patients with tumors. Although a registry was originally the place…
- Evening primrose oil A natural source of essential fatty acids (EFOs). Evening primrose oil contains a higher level of arachnoidic…
- Necrobiosis See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Protein, acute phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Ascaris The intestinal roundworm, a worm that lives in the small intestine. Infection with ascaris is the most common…
- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.
- Syndrome, post-polio (PPS) A constellation of symptoms and signs that appear from 20 to 40 years after the initial polio infection, and…
- Huntingtin The name of the gene responsible for Huntington disease (HD) and of the protein encoded by that gene. The…
- Reaction, allergic A reaction that occurs when the immune system attacks a usually harmless substance (an allergen) that gains…
- Skin plaque A plaque is a broad, raised area on the skin. Because it is raised, it can be felt (palpated). By definition…