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Test, VDRL
A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) VDRL is compatible with a person not having…
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Show more- Lipophilin See: Proteolipid protein
- AC joint Acromioclavicular joint located between the acromion (a projection of the scapula that forms the point of the…
- Synovia The joint fluid. The term synovia was invented in 1520 by the Swiss physician (and alchemist) Paracelsus who…
- Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome An eye disease that is a leading cause of vision loss, due to the spread of spores of the fungus Histoplasma…
- Dormant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, dormant. See also: Tuberculous meningitis.
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Ci (Curie) Ci is the abbreviation for a Curie, a unit of radioactivity. (Specifically, the quantity of any radioactive…
- Carboxyhemoglobin Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much…
- Dipsosis Excessive thirst; overwhelming desire for water or another liquid. Dipsosis may occur when the amount of…
- Anatomy, Gray's See: Gray's Anatomy
- Masseter The muscle that raises the lower jaw.
- Varus (vara, varum) Angled inward, bent or twisted inward, as in cubitus varus, hallux varus, talipes equinovarus…