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LDH
Lactate dehydrogenase
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- Tubercle A small tuber, a small lump or bump.
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- Senile lentigo A benign pigmented flat spot on sun-exposed skin in older adults, especially on the back of the hands and on…
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- Lipoproteins Complexes of lipid and protein, the way lipids travel in the blood. Cholesterol, a building block of the…