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Test, FTA-ABS
FTA-ABS stands for fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed, a blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific antibodies directed against the organism (Treponema pallidum) responsible…
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- Olfactory Pertaining to olfaction, the sense of smell
- Vessel A tube in the body that carries fluids: blood vessels or lymph vessels
- Tinel's sign An examination test that is used by doctors to detect an irritated nerve. Tinel's sign is performed by…
- Estrogen-associated hypercoagulability >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Ectromelia virus A member of the poxvirus family which is a highly virulent natural pathogen of mice that causes mousepox, a…
- Retropubic prostatectomy Surgical removal of the prostate through an incision in the abdomen. NTER>
- Stone, renal A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Also called a kidney stone. Renal stones are a…
- Superjacent Lying just above or upon. Overlying. The opposite of superjacent is subjacent. Other related terms include…
- Heart, right The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart…
- Plague, black In the 14th century the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below the skin (subcutaneous hemorrhage)…
- Hypertrophy Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the constituent cells…