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Glioblastoma multiforme
A type of tumor that forms from glial (supportive) tissue in the brain. It is highly malignant, grows very quickly, and has cells that look quite different from normal glial cells. Early symptoms may include sleepiness, headache, and…
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Show more- Eyes, glaucoma Glaucoma: Disease (there is more than one type) characterized by increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma…
- Petasites vulgaris See: Butterbur
- Rectum The last 6 to 8 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through…
- Department of Energy (DOE). One of the U.S. government agencies contributing to the Human Genome Project
- Race-based therapy See: Race-based drug
- Age by decade >Denarian: Someone age 10 to 19. >Vicenarian: Someone in his or her twenties. >Tricenarian: Someone in his or…
- Spectral karyotype (SKY) Karyotype(SKY): A visualization of all of the chromosomes in the genome all together with each chromosome…
- Aortal Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortal is not often encountered (except in The New…
- Bone, giant cell tumor of A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most…
- Sexagenarian Someone in his or her sixties. See also: Age by decade
- HELLP syndrome A syndrome featuring a combination of 'H' for hemolysis (the breakdown of red blood cells), 'EL' for elevated…
- Wheal A raised, itchy (pruritic) area of skin that is almost always an overt sign of allergy. Not all wheals are…