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Automated white cell differential
A machine-generated percentage of the different types of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils
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- Vomer A triangular bone in the nasal septum. The bone was so named because it was thought to look like a…
- Encephalitis, arboviral See: Arboviral encephalitis
- Familial Parkinson disease type 3 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Eyetooth An upper canine tooth which is immediately lateral to the second incisor. So-named in the mistaken belief…
- Receptor 1. In cell biology, a structure on the surface of a cell (or inside a cell) that selectively receives and…
- Allergy shots See Allergy desensitization
- Brachmann-de Lange syndrome See: de Lange syndrome
- Venous line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Smoldering leukemia A condition in which the bone marrow does not function normally. It does not produce enough blood cells. This…
- Pachy- (prefix) Thick. As in pachydactyly (thick fingers), pachydermatous (thick fingers) and pachyonychia (thick nails)…
- Xanax See: Alprazolam