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Oral glucose tolerance test
A test to determine the body's ability to handle glucose . In the test, a person fasts overnight (at least 8 but not more than 16 hours). Then first, the fasting plasma glucose is tested. After this test, the person receives 75 grams of…
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- Mask of pregnancy Muddy-brown pigmentation on the cheeks or elsewhere on the face that develops in about half of all women…
- Kingella kingae A type of bacteria that has emerged from obscurity to become known as an important cause of invasive…
- Hangman injury (Hangman's fracture) A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by…
- Lung, and Blood Institute, National Heart, BI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for…
- Nulliparous Never having given birth to a child.
- Tricuspid valve One of the four heart valves, the tricuspid valve is the first one that blood encounters as it enters the…
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Ventricular septal defect (VSD): A hole in the septum (the wall) between the lower chambers of the heart (the…
- Atriodigital dysplasia See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Yttrium A rare elemental metal. A radioactive form of yttrium is used in radiation therapy and some types of…
- Leiomyosarcoma A malignant tumor of smooth muscle origin. Smooth muscle is the major structural component of most hollow…
- Acou- Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia