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Minot-Von Willebrand disease
See: Von Willebrand disease
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- Genome, chicken See: Chicken genome
- Septate Ided: A septate uterus is a one that is divided
- Immunodepression See immunosuppression
- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- AML1 Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1
- Antidepressant, tricyclic One of a class of medications used to treat depression. The tricyclic antidepressants are also used for some…
- Debulk To remove part of the bulk, usually of a tumor or dead tissue. Debulking may be done by surgery, irradiation…
- Caudate nucleus In each hemisphere of the brain, the most medial of the four basal ganglia, partly responsible for body…
- Vertebra, slipped See: Spondylolisthesis
- Lung cancer, small cell A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small and round. Also called oat cell lung cancer
- Tracheoesophageal puncture A small opening made by a surgeon between the esophagus and the trachea. A valve keeps food out of the…