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HNP
Human neutrophil peptide
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- Open-angle glaucoma Glaucoma: Glaucoma in which the aqueous (fluid) that flows through the pupil into the anterior (front)…
- Cocci Pleural of coccus. Bacteria which are spherically shaped
- Environmental medicine The interactions between risk factors in the environment and human health. Environmental medicine focuses on…
- Hepatitis D Liver inflammation due to the hepatitis D virus (HDV), which only causes disease in patients who already have…
- Third degree burn See: Burn, third degree
- Multisection CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Blindness, legal See: Legal blindness
- Bextra D>NOTE: April 7, 2005, Pfizer agreed to suspend sales and marketing of Bextra in the U.S., pending further…
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- Idiocy, amaurotic familial An outdated term for Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance…
- Inferior A large vein that receives blood from the lower extremities, pelvis and abdomen and delivers it to the right…