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Mordant
A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning or pungent; and so, by extension, biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style. The word 'mordant' has some bite to it since it…
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Show more- Spinal compression The act of exerting an abnormal amount of pressure on the spinal cord. Spinal compression may, for instance…
- Thoraxes Plural of thorax
- Ig Abbreviation for immunoglobulin, a protein produced by plasma cells and lymphocytes. Immunoglobulins are an…
- Cholecyst The gallbladder. The word cholecyst is not much used today but it figures into a number of other terms to do…
- Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) 'Russia's most famous physician' and greatest dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov graduated from…
- Palmar surface The palm or grasping side of the hand
- Fasting blood glucose A method for learning how much glucose (sugar) there is in a blood sample taken after an overnight fast. The…
- Syndrome, Zellweger A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Large intestine Comes after the small intestine. Large because it is wider than the small intestine
- Respiratory distress syndrome, acute Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Homolog (homologue) One chromosome of a pair.
- Metatarsals Five cylindrical bones extending from the heel (the tarsus) to the toes. The metatarsals are numbered from…