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Hem-onc
Short for Hematology-oncology
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Show more- Click-murmur syndrome Mitral valve prolapse (also known as 'Barlow's syndrome'), the most common heart valve abnormality, affecting…
- Dilation, pupil (test) This examination enables your eye care professional to see more of your retina, the light-sensitive layer of…
- Gregarious parasite A parasite whose nutritional requirements permit several to many of them to live simultaneously in or on the…
- Syndrome, dyskeratosis congenita An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal…
- Scleredema adultorum A misleading term since scleredema can also occur in children. See: Scleredema
- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Chemo-fog See: Chemobrain
- Rat, cotton See: Cotton rat
- Colchicine Colchicine: A substance found in a plant that is used in clinical medicine for the treatment of gouty…
- Lynch syndrome See: Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Pneumocystis carinii Now called Pneumocystis jiroveci. See: Pneumocystis
- Nematodes Roundworms.