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Kaposi sarcoma
Sarcoma: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or, especially, those with an abnormal immune system as in AIDS. Kaposi sarcoma is a highly vascular ('angioblastic') tumor of the skin characterized…
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- FGFR2 A mutation (change) in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene on chromosome 10 causes the…
- Beverly Hills diet The Beverly Hills diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise that eating certain fruits leads to…
- SNCA The gene for alpha-synuclein
- Elective mutism Complete lack of speech (mutism) that is believed to be volitional (willed) on the part of the patient. True…
- Small calorie See: Calorie
- Syndrome, Launois-Bensaude A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Enzyme, Warburg's yellow A key respiratory enzyme discovered by the German biochemist Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970), a pioneer in…
- Nurse, licensed vocational A nurse who has completed a one- or two-year training program in health care and earned a state license. LVNs…
- Sweats, night Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats have many possible…
- Phenylketonuria, maternal See Maternal phenylketonuria
- Rat, cotton See: Cotton rat