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Anemia, addisonian
Anemia, addisonian: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the substance in the stomach that allows the body to absorb vitamin B12. This substance is called intrinsic factor (IF)…
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Show more- Multidetector CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Johnnies Plural of johnny
- Mycobacterium leprae The bacillus responsible for leprosy (Hansen disease). Mycobacterium leprae is an obligate parasite that has…
- Fainting (syncope) Fainting (syncope): Partial or complete loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and…
- Slake 1. To satisfy or quench. As, for example, she drank some water to slake her thirst. 2. To mix with water, to…
- Piles 1. A term in use since the 15th century for hemorrhoids. 2. A street name for crack cocaine
- Fari Amini Amini, Fariborz
- Dermatan sulfate An glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found mostly in skin but also in blood vessels…
- Placental chorioangioma A benign vascular (blood vessel) tumor of the placenta (afterbirth). Large chorioangiomas cause complications…
- Pauling, Linus The alpha helix, the structure of most proteins, discovered by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey. See: Alpha…
- Beat, premature See: Extrasystole
- Aneurysm, berry A berry aneurysm is a small outpouching (aneurysm) that looks like a berry and classically occurs at the…