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Juvenile melanoma
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- CVS 1. Chorionic villus sampling, a procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. 2. Cyclic vomiting…
- TIPS TIPS stands for 'transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt.' It is a shunt (tube) placed between the…
- Macroglobulinemia A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small…
- Arrhythmias, slow Abnormally slow heart rhythms, medically termed bradycardia
- Endoscopy Endoscopy: Endoscopy is a broad term used to described examining the inside of the body using an lighted…
- Sternutator Something that causes a sneeze. From the Latin sternutatio (sneeze). See also: Sternutation
- Episiotomy Episiotomy: A surgical procedure for widening the outlet of the birth canal to facilitate delivery of the…
- Euploid The normal number of chromosomes for a species. In humans, the euploid number of chromosomes is 46 with the…
- Aggressive In oncology, quickly growing, tending to spread rapidly. As, for example, an aggressive tumor
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- Lymphoproliferative Referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to lymphoid cells (such as lymphocytes…